Is Abigail a Rooster...?

[TracyBagwell]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=227142804071129

I believe I have a Rhode Island Red hen or Rooster...

The baby picture She or he is between the two black ones.

 

[TracyBagwell]

My chick or rooster is name Abigail cause when I bought her at the store. They told me she is a she. Now, I'm not too sure.

 

[TheJadeChicken]

I watched the video. Looks like Abigail is a boy.

 

[TracyBagwell]

Ok... back to the bible to find a name....I hope he doesn't fight the other rooster. Even thou, the other rooster has been really aggressive with the hen and already bloody one of our hens and I had separate that one hen in to a Recovery Coop.

 

[chickenmaniac]

yeah definetly a roo

 

[Mickiesmadhouse]

I'm think'n a Roo too, that's an good size comb & tail feathers.

 

[TracyBagwell]

Ok... does anyone know when that rooster stubble or claws comes in... He's about 4months on the 13 of June?

 

[donrae]

Rooster.

If you're asking about spurs, it varies but usually after 6 months, and sometimes up to a year. That's why the presence of spurs or not is not a reliable indicator of sex.

 

[TracyBagwell]

Ok thanks... 6mo or a year...wow. Thanks to all that replied

 

[farmerChef]

the pointed saddle(back) and hackle(neck) feathers come in at 3-4 months on a rooster. those are the shiny ones coming in

HE is a he