Help on gender and why a rooster from same batch is trying to kill it.

[Ritanigma]

Hi. I am trying to figure out why a leghorn roo(he is huge) born at the same time (all 5 are 4 months old) is now trying to kill this bird. They all got along fine for 3 1/2 months. It is supposed to be pullet, but I think it may be a roo. All our other hens are not nice to him either. He sits on the back deck and is afraid of everything. Tried to put him in one of our other coops last eve and those 8 kept pecking him too. What the heck.

 

[Saveria]

Doesn't look like a rooster. Is he trying to get her to mate with him? Maybe she is ill so they are rejecting her?

Gosh, I'm not sure what I would do in that scenario. I would probably keep her on the other side of a divider where they can see her but not touch her, then try to reintroduce after a week or so.

 

[fluffycrow]

This bird is a pullet. And relatively close to laying as well. She is most likely being excluded because she has not yet mated with your male

 

[house1917]

Gonna admit this one is stumping me.

The comb says cockerel, but from what I can see there are no saddle feathers, and iffy hackle feathers.

My vote it for slow (really slow) developing cockerel. Poor buddy, at least he has a safe space and his own water/feed.

PS, totally hope I'm wrong!

 

[fluffycrow]

Gonna admit this one is stumping me.

The comb says cockerel, but from what I can see there are no saddle feathers, and iffy hackle feathers.

My vote it for slow (really slow) developing cockerel. Poor buddy, at least he has a safe space and his own water/feed.

PS, totally hope I'm wrong!

It could also be a fast developing pullet. That would make sense for the red comb

 

[Saveria]

It is female feathering. Do all the other pullets have a comb like that?

 

[house1917]

It could also be a fast developing pullet. That would make sense for the red comb

Hope you're right! What do you think of the overall size of the comb? My take was it's a whole lotta comb for an EE hen.

 

[Saveria]

Hope you're right! What do you think of the overall size of the comb? My take was it's a whole lotta comb for an EE hen.

Yeah, you are right about that, but I would have expected a rooster to have more of one at 4 months.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

She’s 100% a pullet

 

[2ndTink]

For reference, here is a pullet of mine about 4 to 4 1/2 months old, she has a similar sized comb. I'm no expert, but I would guess yours in a pullet. I'm not sure why they would all be picking on her though