Help!!! I got a warning notice about having a rooster but I don't have one

[yzer3000]

How can I prove that my birds are hens not roosters????
I live in Queens, New York and I have 6 hens.... How can I prove that they are all girls before some one comes in and fines me,
Because am sure who ever the city sends would be clueless and I have a feeling I will till be fined.

THANKS

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[TTracy]

Is any of them crowing? Im sure whoever came out to look would be able to tell the difference between a hen and a rooster. Take pictures of your girls and send them to the city. Print off a info sheet of chickens and include that?

 

[centrarchid]

Get an expert opinion. Owing to legal nature of situation the expert will have to either sign something or make statement in front of appropriate official. If birds represent a breed, then someone that breeds them or otherwise has demonstrated some knowledge about chickens in general should do.

 

[chfite]

If the allegation is that there is a rooster present, it would be incumbent on the accuser to prove that there is a rooster. It would not be up to you to prove that there is no rooster.

To prove that a rooster is present, one would have to be able to specifically describe a rooster and all of its observable characteristics and identify the rooster in the flock. Just because a chicken is large, dominant, or noisy would be insufficient proof that it was a rooster. In most breeds, a rooster is undeniably such at maturity.

One of my hens is quite a bit larger than the others. Someone thought she was a rooster, until the rooster walked around the side of the shop. Nothing looks so much like a rooster as a two-year old barred rock rooster.

Chris