Hen or rooster?

[CassieTheChickenTender]

I was told this was a hen... now I'm wondering if it's a rooster... where I live we can't have them. I honestly wouldn't mind keeping him if their was a way to keep it on the DL lol. Do the crow collars actually work or are they cruel? what would you do? (He or she is missing tail feathers from being bullied before I got him/her)

 

[nuthatched]

Hackle feathers are long and pointy, male.
Crow collars don't work and choke roosters

 

[MamaPoult]

Could you post pics of back and side? I need to see some more gender specific feathers.

 

[Alexandra Runner]

It looks like a roo to me, judging by the neck feathers. I haven't heard of a crow collar before, so I don't have any opinions on that. Has it crowed before?

 

[MamaPoult]

I think roo!

 

[MamaPoult]

I added more pictures to the post

I see, thanks!! I said roo too. I've never had experience with crowing collars though, sorry

 

[NatJ]

I haven't heard of a crow collar before, so I don't have any opinions on that.

A crow collar (or no-crow collar) is usually a strip of velcro that goes around the rooster's neck.

The idea is that if you tighten it just enough, he can still breathe normally but can't crow loudly because crowing takes more air.

The reality depends on who you ask. Some people say it works. Some people say it doesn't work. Some people have stories of roosters that died because they couldn't breathe well enough, or died from choking (because the rooster tried to eat a big piece of food, and the collar kept it from going down.)

I would guess that some of each kind of story are true, and that crow collars work in some cases but not others.

 

[CassieTheChickenTender]

A crow collar (or no-crow collar) is usually a strip of velcro that goes around the rooster's neck.

The idea is that if you tighten it just enough, he can still breathe normally but can't crow loudly because crowing takes more air.

The reality depends on who you ask. Some people say it works. Some people say it doesn't work. Some people have stories of roosters that died because they couldn't breathe well enough, or died from choking (because the rooster tried to eat a big piece of food, and the collar kept it from going down.)

I would guess that some of each kind of story are true, and that crow collars work in some cases but not others.

Oh wow I would rather not risk it then.

 

[CassieTheChickenTender]

Could you post pics of back and side? I need to see some more gender specific feathers.

 

[CassieTheChickenTender]

It looks like a roo to me, judging by the neck feathers. I haven't heard of a crow collar before, so I don't have any opinions on that. Has it crowed before?

I just got em yesterday lol. I just could of swore I heard it crow but I could be wrong. I've been watching it like crazy to hear it