Hen or Roo EE? 12 weeks old.

[HEChicken]

Yep - roo. The other indication is the long tail feathers that are slightly curved and starting to stick out from the rest of the tail.

 

[Pureupto99per]

WOW!! Thanks for the info everyone!... Poor Dinner!!

 

[Happy Chooks]

Yup, rooster. And he has pointy hackle feathers on his neck too.

 

[wohneli]

I agree - roo. He is a beautiful.

 

[barred-rocks-rock]

Roo. Very Sorry

 

[Pureupto99per]

It really sucks that we cant keep roosters where we live.....

 

[1stepcloser]

Roo. And Dinner is a strangely poetic name for him.

 

[chickenlover54]

boy

 

[mstricer]

Looks like my boy Storm.

 

[jeslewmazer]

Yeah I have to agree on rooster. Some times hatcheries make mistakes. Most guarantee on a percentage out of 100 chicks of around 90% for the sexing to be right. But I know my local feed store makes no guarantees either. Looks like you got unlucky. Still a very good looking roo. I have just started my experience with EE hatchery chicks Dec. 3, 2009 so I can't help much on the maturing part, but I have see where a lot of people state that EEs are late to mature (especially the crowing).