Help....my Hen??? Is mounting my other hens.

[ButtonHoarder]

Yep, it's a handsome cockerel!

 

[ChicNmom]

Just a side point. I have an Australorp hen that had to be inside while recovering from a broken wing. Eventually her comb and wattles grew and she started making a crowing sound in the morning. Not as good as a rooster but you knew what it was. Her comb and wattles didn't shrink up that much but she started occasionally mounting a low ranking hen. But she did not grow saddle feathers.

That has all stopped now but people still swear she's a rooster. But before henopause she laid and egg about every 30 hours. I know because for a while she wanted to come in the house and use the basement cage. Her timing was perfect so we knew when she would show up at the door. LOL

 

[Nanasamp]

I think that the dominant rooster is making him not crow

He’s a cockerel. Who is saying that is a hen?

Some local people where i trying to give him away. I have to many roosters.

 

[GemmaGA]

Just a side point. I have an Australorp hen that had to be inside while recovering from a broken wing. Eventually her comb and wattles grew and she started making a crowing sound in the morning. Not as good as a rooster but you knew what it was. Her comb and wattles didn't shrink up that much but she started occasionally mounting a low ranking hen. But she did not grow saddle feathers.

That has all stopped now but people still swear she's a rooster. But before henopause she laid and egg about every 30 hours. I know because for a while she wanted to come in the house and use the basement cage. Her timing was perfect so we knew when she would show up at the door. LOL

Reading this thread, makes me question one of my 'girls'. Australorp that looks VERY similar to the one in the OP's picture. She doesn't have the tell-tale saddle/hackle feathers of a cockerel either as far as I can tell. I really don't think she is a rooster/cockerel, because I am pretty sure she has laid eggs ( she was in the nesting box and I heard the egg drop). She is about 8 mo old, and she doesn't crow but her comb and wattles are similar to the one shown in the photo, just not quite as pronounced. She challenges the bantam cochin cockerel I have from time to time, and is a bit bossy. I had two cockerels previously but lost one of them to a hawk, so could it be that my australorp girl is just challenging my roo/cockerel? She's always been near or at the top of the pecking order.

But - now I am questioning my sanity after reading this thread...lol.

 

[Nanasamp]

Some locals are saying its a hen.

 

[black_cat]

Reading this thread, makes me question one of my 'girls'. Australorp that looks VERY similar to the one in the OP's picture. She doesn't have the tell-tale saddle/hackle feathers of a cockerel either as far as I can tell. I really don't think she is a rooster/cockerel, because I am pretty sure she has laid eggs ( she was in the nesting box and I heard the egg drop). She is about 8 mo old, and she doesn't crow but her comb and wattles are similar to the one shown in the photo, just not quite as pronounced. She challenges the bantam cochin cockerel I have from time to time, and is a bit bossy. I had two cockerels previously but lost one of them to a hawk, so could it be that my australorp girl is just challenging my roo/cockerel? She's always been near or at the top of the pecking order.

But - now I am questioning my sanity after reading this thread...lol.

Your australorp isn't a rooster unless she has saddles. Comb and wattles vary bird to bird.

 

[black_cat]

Some locals are saying its a hen.

Welp, they're incorrect. That is 100% a rooster.

 

[ChicNmom]

Reading this thread, makes me question one of my 'girls'. Australorp that looks VERY similar to the one in the OP's picture. She doesn't have the tell-tale saddle/hackle feathers of a cockerel either as far as I can tell. I really don't think she is a rooster/cockerel, because I am pretty sure she has laid eggs ( she was in the nesting box and I heard the egg drop). She is about 8 mo old, and she doesn't crow but her comb and wattles are similar to the one shown in the photo, just not quite as pronounced. She challenges the bantam cochin cockerel I have from time to time, and is a bit bossy. I had two cockerels previously but lost one of them to a hawk, so could it be that my australorp girl is just challenging my roo/cockerel? She's always been near or at the top of the pecking order.

But - now I am questioning my sanity after reading this thread...lol.

If there are no saddle feathers and it's been hanging out in a nest box I would say bossy hen.
I also have a bantam cochin rooster. They are very mellow. He is not the king of the coop.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

Some locals are saying its a hen.

Give it to them for free! They'll be in for a surprise.

I'm joking, of course. That's dishonest and not right.

Your bird is most certainly a cockerel. Best of luck with whatever you decided to do.

 

[3KillerBs]

Some local people where i trying to give him away. I have to many roosters.

The saddle feathers don't lie.

What breed is he?

And, BTW, where are you located? Maybe the people on your state thread could help you find him a home?