Hen or rooster

[cmelancon89]

Small comb but colorful and Sadler feathers look rooster?

 

[cmelancon89]

 

[Gray Farms]

Looks like a male to me.

 

[BantamLover21]

Cockerel.

 

[cmelancon89]

Thank you. That's what I was thinking but I was really hoping I was wrong. I have too many roosters already

 

[donrae]

Yep, cockerel.

for future reference, those red feathers coming in on the wings/shoulders are a trait only males have. Females will have the red/gold at the throat/neck/chest/collar area, but not back on the body like that. I call them the Red Patches of Death

 

[mizjones]

So much knowledge on this site, it's overwhelming yet so helpful!

 

[drumstick diva]

agree I call them "Red Patches of Doom" (cockerel) because a lot of folks have a fit if you say they have cockerels

 

[Alexandra33]

I see little pointed saddle feathers coming in.....handsome boy you've got there!

Unfortunately, I once had the exception to that rule, a stunning EE pullet with the "red patches of doom."

I didn't find out from the poultry keepers we gave her to until several months later.

~Amari