gender of this chicken

[jankrist]

[/IMG][/IMG][/IMG][/IMG]Hi everyone. I'm quite new to chickens and my hubby brought this chicken for me from a man selling young barnevelder hens. I'm worried it looks more like a rooster

 

[GarthRyan]

Looks like a hen to me

 

[jankrist]

oh I hope so. I was just worried as its comb and cheek bits were so big and red. here are some of the other pics that didn't work last time

 

[jankrist]

oh and prob should add I've clipped its wings

 

[WalkingOnSunshine]

That's 100% cockerel, for sure. Not only does he have his rooster tail and saddle feathers coming in and darker red patches on the wings, but Barnevelders are sexually dimorphic--males look different from females. Females are laced, and don't have the green tail feathers.

 

[Tricoglossus]

Rooster. If he hasn't started trying to crow yet, he will soon.

 

[chicken pickin]

I agree with the others. Rooster.

 

[Wyandottes7]

You have a rooster for sure.

 

[donrae]

That's a rooster.

 

[GarthRyan]

I'm sorry for my wrong information lol I thought the hackle fathers were supposed to be pointed on all roosters. Maybe those are just coming in.