Hen Or Roo?

[Rebeccahorse]

Is this a hen or roo.
It is a Buff Orpington.

She is about 4 months old.

I got this one from a guy that had a lot of chickens in a pen that was
too small, consequently they were picking feathers, and killing each other.
The one in the picture is missing a lot of feathers and underfeathers. Maybe that is why
it is confusing. It has not crowed, it is very timid and sounds like the rest of my hens when
it clucks. She also looks different then the other ones the guy had that you could tell were roosters.
I have it in a seperate pen by herself until she settles in and has a chance to regrow some of
her feathers and maybe then it will be easier to tell. I will post new pics in a few weeks if I still can't tell.

 

[cajunlizz]

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HOW old IS THIS HEN ?

 

[CoyoteMagic]

Roo

 

[Katy]

Roo

 

[cajunlizz]

I still say HEN . because at this age , if it were a rooster , he'd be crowing already

 

[Katy]

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Not necessarily. For the size of the comb I'll stick with roo.

 

[Harley's girl]

Roo!

 

[redoak]

looks like a rooster, mine didn't start crowing until they were a few weeks older looking then this one. Though I did have one hen when she was about this age, that had big comb and waddles compared to the other hens, but not as big as the roosters.

 

[Enchanted Sunrise Farms]

It looks like a hen to me, but i am very far from being an expert.

 

[Mahonri]

Looks like a roo to me.