Help sexing Serama chick

Thank you. He’s a good bird but now I’m nervous putting him with my flock. I already have 3 Roos. One is very large and is handicap. I’m not sure what he would do.
Oh well, I may have to look into diapers and make him a house chicken.
He will definitely be tiny enough to be a house chicken! I understand what you’re saying about the Roos. I have bantam hybrid Roos with my Serama boys, and they’re much bigger. I raised them all together though, and I believe that’s why my setup works. If you decide to place him with the flock, monitor very closely. It might work out over time. As for me, none of my Seramas are with large fowl. I will not take the chance. 🙂 I keep 2 separate bantam flocks and 2 LF flocks all separate.
 
He will definitely be tiny enough to be a house chicken! I understand what you’re saying about the Roos. I have bantam hybrid Roos with my Serama boys, and they’re much bigger. I raised them all together though, and I believe that’s why my setup works. If you decide to place him with the flock, monitor very closely. It might work out over time. As for me, none of my Seramas are with large fowl. I will not take the chance. 🙂 I keep 2 separate bantam flocks and 2 LF flocks all separate.
Most definitely I’d monitor them if I choose to see how they would do together! Wow! That’s quite a bit to manage 😳
I have a bantam silkie too and he is the top. All 3 were raised together. He doesn’t bother the handicap roo at all but the other one he won’t let near the girls at all. They fought bad once but figured it out.
He has a thing for the big girls. He chases my lavenders and jumps on their back but he’s not even close lol
 
I attached a pic of when I got the baby and now.
If anyone can help it would be cool :)
Definitely a cockerel . . . I see those pointed feathers in addition to his very red comb and wattles.

It jumps on the back of my hand while cleaning poop and bites (like mounting behaviour)
If he is biting you, he would be attacking. One of the only exceptions to this is when they are friendly, because males that are very affectionate towards humans have a high chance of trying to mate with them.

The poop looks more shaped than a plop
Droppings has nothing to do with gender. Nothing. And dropping shape varies depending on the type of dropping.

This morning a heard a noise almost like a sneeze but when I looked it was a crow (some of my hens do this when they are in the house)
Yep. Some hens crow (mostly in a female-only flock or when she is trying to express her dominance), but crowing is of course mostly done by the males. I have a hen that crows, even though there are plenty of roosters around.

The baby looks like it has saddle feathers
All chickens have saddle feathers. The shape of the saddle feathers is what matters. Pointed for males, rounded for females.
 
Thank you. He’s a good bird but now I’m nervous putting him with my flock. I already have 3 Roos. One is very large and is handicap. I’m not sure what he would do.
Oh well, I may have to look into diapers and make him a house chicken.
I would not risk putting a bantam male with large fowl males. That will certainly end up with either an injured or dead chicken. Been there, done that (though not on my own choice). If he is okay with being a house chicken, and you are willing to change a chicken diaper several times every day, then that would be fine.
 

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