Is my chicken a male or female?

[DandyAndMahi]

My mom and I recently took in a cute chicken that was going to be butchered this week and named her Zebra. She’s the sweetest chicken and I love her so much!

But there is debate on whether she’s a boy or girl. I think she’s a girl and my mom thinks she’s a boy.

What do you guys think?
Also what do you think the breed is?

 

[NatJ]

I thinks its a female, the comb isn’t pointed like a roo’s, and the thing under the chin is not long like a roo’s it is shorter like a hens. I’m no expert I’ve only looked up pictures of Roos and hens to see which that look like. Everyone thinks its a roo but I honestly think its a hen.

The comb is the red thing on top of the head. Whether it's pointy or not does not tell the gender of the chicken. Roosters usually have larger combs than hens, but some breeds have smaller or larger combs than others.

Dangly red things under the chin are called wattles. Yes, they are bigger on roosters than hens, but that also changes a bit from one breed to another. This cockerel will grow a bigger comb and bigger wattles as he gets older.

And the reason some of us are so sure it's male are those feathers that TheOddOneOut posted a photo to illustrate: long slender feathers with pointy ends that grow in front of the tail on a rooster, while hens get wider feathers with rounded ends. You just don't find those narrow, pointy feathers on a Barred Rock female.

The saddle feathers are a little hard to see in the photo, but they have a little different barring pattern on them that makes them sort-of show up. I can see them if I zoom in, and several other folks are obviously seeing them too.

 

[featherhead007]

Boy slim body

You saying girls are fat? Just asking

 

[black_cat]

Definitely a boy. Saddle feathers.

 

[The Happster]

Barred Rock cockerel. Male specific saddling.

 

[RIR chicks]

’comb isn’t pointed like a roo’s’ Um he has a pointy comb.
This is why it’s male.View attachment 2376838

Oh, I don’t know anything about chickens so I should not be giving advice about stuff i have no idea about.

 

[RainbowHen]

Yeah I’m a new chicken owner

That's ok! Everyone starts somewhere. Some people forget that

 

[M-H-Fielding]

Sorry, its a boy.

 

[HappyClucker7]

BR cockerel.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

I thinks its a female, the comb isn’t pointed like a roo’s, and the thing under the chin is not long like a roo’s it is shorter like a hens. I’m no expert I’ve only looked up pictures of Roos and hens to see which that look like. Everyone thinks its a roo but I honestly think its a hen.

’comb isn’t pointed like a roo’s’ Um he has a pointy comb.
This is why it’s male.