Is he a Cukoo Maran Roo ???????

[rooster-red]

Legs are too thin to be a roo.
No roo tail feathers.

 

[Corey NC]

There are sickle feathers and if he is young the tail feathers look like they are just coming in.

Also hen's comb's spikes tend to come nearly all the way back down to the scalp and roosters' are wide with smaller spikes.

(Usually, there are always exceptions of course)

 

[Dustin Biery]

I also think its a roo. His tail is way to suspicious!

 

[rooster-red]

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Almost a year old, with no roo tail and no spurs, thin legs and short wattles?

She is a hen.
Ok, I'll

now and let the experts help figure this one out.

 

[Corey NC]

I don't think it is a year old, I think the owner is possibly mistaken in it's age.

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

If you look at the hackle, they appear to be thin and they shine like a roo. The body even looks like a male. There are plymouth rocks out there that have small combs and wattles. For an example of growth, our RIR roo from last february has little tiny spurs, small comb & wattles, and small earlobes. Also, thhat roo has sickles. It is a hatchery barred rock, when we got ours from MM last year, the roosters were dark colored. If it was a maran, the color is about right. Also, you have to remember throwbacks, if that bird has any birds in his lineage that had yellow legs, he has a chance of having yellow legs, kinda like with other breeds when you get a wrong comb for the breed, or stubs, or anything else different. I say its a roo, and either a barred rock, or a cuckoo maran that was a throwback and has yellow legs.

 

[Pine Grove]

The hackle, wing bow and sickles has got rooster written all over them. He's closer to 5 mths old than to a year old....

 

[GracefulBantams]

To simplify matters, I have quoted all the answers on what gender your bird is

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I'd vote for a mixed roo

not a he, but a she.

Comb is small for a rooster

I say its a rooster

thats a hen

That is def a young cockerel.

I say hen...

That is most definitely a roo

...has got rooster written all over them

The body even looks like a male

She is a hen.

I also think its a roo

too thin to be a roo

That is most definitely a roo

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So... it is official! You have the first ever Rooster/Hen

 

[leslie0815]

So... it is official! You have the first ever Rooster/Hen

GEEEZZZZZZZZ, a morphadite chicken:

Now I am confused. He or she is almost 1 year old. The sex link that came with him from the feed store has been laying for several months and has several offsprings running around.

 

[silkiechicken]

Ah ha, he came with sex links. Then my belief is that HE is a slow developing black sexlink male