I bought a crowing hen? XX or XY...?

[sonew123]

roopity rooooo!!!

 

[Beth G.]

Its definately a Rooster with those tail feathers and comb and wattles as big and brite as they are! Sorry

 

[saylernsaxonsmom]

Update---

What the heck x 2!!! Now my other hen is crowing!!! What was this breeder thinking? I know I'm new, but could I really have such bad luck? Tell me your thoughts on this nutty bird...

She doesn't have the curled tail feathers ,her wattles aren't as big, BUT SHE'S CROWING.

 

[schellie69]

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I think the 2nd one is a girl, the first is a rooster

 

[saylernsaxonsmom]

That gives me hope...the second one looks more like a girl than my first one! She's thicker around the middle, he's a bit trimmer. His tail feathers stick up higher and curl. Hers are thicker. Seriously, they looked so similar until a few days ago! Now, I have 9 roosters to rehome...darn packaging peanuts! My daughter has her favorite (Buff Orpington named Gibby) What to do, what to do!!!

Thanks for the help!

 

[sourland]

Sorry, two cockerels. At this point in the game pullets woould not have wattles and combs that large and red. They wouldn't be crowing either.

 

[juliechick]

Looks like the breeder took advantage of you being a newbie. If they were this age when you got them, their sex had to obvious to anyone who has raised chickens very long.

 

[JustDawn]

They both look like roos... sorry.

 

[CalebtheChicken]

Chicken's genes aren't determined by X and Y, but Z and W. Roosters have ZZ and hens have ZW. I think you have ZZ's

 

[Minniechickmama]

Drat the bad luck there! Two boys. Don't shoot the messenger.