Is my Ancuna a rooster?

[kelsi]

We got this Ancuna for a breeder just over a month ago. They said she was a hen, but she has started crowing in the morning and strutting. She also has a pronounced comb. She's around 4.5 months old. Is she a rooster??

 

[HighStreetCoop]

I can't really see the back end of her/him, but it does appear there are sickle feathers which would mean that yes, he's a cockerel.

 

[kelsi]

Thanks! Here's a picture of their back feathers

 

[Wyandottes7]

I'm thinking pullet.

 

[BantamLover21]

If it is crowing, then it is a cockerel.

 

[Michael OShay]

Is the Ancona in your first picture, the same bird as the one in your second picture? The one in the first picture looks like a cockerel. The Ancona in the second picture looks like a pullet. If your bird is really crowing (not just hen singing), then you have a cockerel. Hens do crow on rare occasion, but those that do are almost always over 2 years old, and have taken over the role of the rooster in a roosterless flock.

 

[PirocaKeeper]

Thanks! Here's a picture of their back feathers

From this picture I would say a pullet. I just raised one that had me guessing right until she lay eggs. Oh my goodness, what a rollercoaster and now her comb is bigger than my roosters, but I saw her laying, literally and so I know for a fact is a girl.

 

[kelsi]

Thanks for the feedback! It is the same Ancuna in both pictures. I'll keep listening in the morning to see if there's more crowing. We did have a bantam that turned out to be a rooster so maybe she's learned something from him. It's so hard to know until they lay eggs!

 

[Michael OShay]

Thanks for the feedback! It is the same Ancuna in both pictures.

It's amazing what a difference a side profile can make in a photo.

 

[HighStreetCoop]

It's amazing what a difference a side profile can make in a photo.

Yep. What looks like sickle feathers in the first shot doesn't exist at all in the second. *fingers crossed* for a pullet