Heavens to Betsie, is this 6mo RIR a hen or roo? (pg4 comb pics added)

[Katydid2011]

I'm sorry he's not the pullet you expected him to be.

Will you be able to keep him? He's a lovely bird and you could just shorten his name to "Lou".

 

[MamaMarcy]

Yeah we'll keep him. Right now she's the king of the coop w/ 10 hens. Our other oo, Batman, is in a smaller coop waiting for some bantam babies to grow big enough to hang with him.

I just feel like i'm in a gender crisis

 

[hdowden]

tis a dark red roo

 

[RhodeRunner]

Lou is a Buckeye Rooster. He is not a RIR.

 

[MamaMarcy]

Really??? Is Marylou full of surprises today???

 

[MamaMarcy]

Ok, I just read aabout Buckeyes making a dinosaur like roar when leanrign to crow...the noise Marylou made yesterday and erly today (before finally actually going cockadoodledoo) sounded like this majorly huge groan/scream. And we're often comparing her to a dinosaur physically.

 

[BlazeJester]

I think he'll have less of a complex if you start calling him a "him"

 

[MamaMarcy]

I'm not sure I can do it...

 

[PoultryQueen29]

10000000000000% Rooster!

 

[BrattishTaz]

He may be a merry roo but definately not a Marylou.