Is it a rooster or a hen?

[auntpeep]

I have 3 speckles sussex. Their about 9 weeks old. One, I know for sure is a hen.

Another one, I'm 95% sure is a rooster. He has a red comb and has a red wattle (the other two have whitish pink combs and no wattles at all even thought their all the same age). He also has iridescent feathers on his back. However, he has no tail feathers yet. I don't understand why.

The other two have tail feathers! So, I guess thats my question.

What would be the reason that he has no tail feathers yet? Is something wrong with him?

Or do roosters grow tail feathers slower than hens?

 

[punky rooster]

depends on breed. my bo roo growed his tale feathers slow to

 

[turtlebird]

do you have a pic? Let us have a look at the fella!

 

[punky rooster]

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yeah that would be great.

 

[auntpeep]

Ok, I'll post one in the morning. Thanks

 

[auntpeep]

This probably wasn't the right page to post this on. Sorry, I'm very new at all this. Posting stuff and chicken stuff.

 

[auntpeep]

you can see he has no tail feathers, what you can't see is all the pin feathers under his wings and that his head is still cover in his baby fluff. I'll post the other pic so you can see his face. I'm sure he's a "he" cuz every time I pick up a hen he gets mad and comes after me!

 

[auntpeep]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/66546_img_20100904_094520.jpg
You can see how big Quasimodo's comb and wattle are and how red

 

[auntpeep]

And this is Houlihan, she's may favorite baby she's maybe one day older than Quasimodo and she has all her feathers and looks like a small chicken.