Is this a Roo

[JustAChickenLoverOverHere]

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That's a female. The saddle feathers are round and I see no pointed hackle feathers either. Not a male.

 

[JustAChickenLoverOverHere]

And he’s been mounting the top hen

Sometimes females will mount each other to show dominance. Nothing entirely specific to males.

 

[JustAChickenLoverOverHere]

It’s about 20 weeks old. Because it was red before anyone else and it’s always watching the hens and he never gets pecked and if that happens he gets extremely mad and puffs up and it’s trying to crow

Sometimes females will crow as well. It's more common in hens than pullets, but it can happen. When did she start to "crow". I'm sure she wasn't actually crowing, because you said she was "trying to", so what does it sound like? Can you upload a video if you have any? Because you have a pullet. She could be moving in to be the "top hen" How old are your other hens/pullets that you keep with her? Any gender can get mad because they're being pecked at. That doesn't specify anything.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

It’s about 20 weeks old. Because it was red before anyone else and it’s always watching the hens and he never gets pecked and if that happens he gets extremely mad and puffs up and it’s trying to crow

So she's all red because she's getting ready to lay, and she's acting the way she is because she's the lead hen. She's in charge, which means she's also the protection.

early red means at 8 weeks or so, that indicates a cockerel.

 

[citymeetscountry]

Front BR is a pullet, BR in rear was cockerel both roughly 20ish (+\- 2) weeks. I believe yours is a pullet.

 

[Happy henz1270]

Sometimes females will crow as well. It's more common in hens than pullets, but it can happen. When did she start to "crow". I'm sure she wasn't actually crowing, because you said she was "trying to", so what does it sound like? Can you upload a video if you have any? Because you have a pullet. She could be moving in to be the "top hen" How old are your other hens/pullets that you keep with her? Any gender can get mad because they're being pecked at. That doesn't specify anything.

It was a crow it was at 6 this morning and he kept doing that all morning. In my opinion he doesn’t act like the hens. We have a top hen and he’s been red since we put them in the coop. At about 6 weeks

 

[Frazzemrat1]

It was a crow it was at 6 this morning and he kept doing that all morning. In my opinion he doesn’t act like the hens. We have a top hen and he’s been red since we put them in the coop. At about 6 weeks

This bird has no characteristics of a cockerel. Its a pullet. She'll be laying soon.

 

[Happy henz1270]

This bird has no characteristics of a cockerel. Its a pullet. She'll be laying soon.

He doesn’t squat

 

[Happy henz1270]

We’ve had people look at him before and said he’s more then likely a rooster and even my husband’s dad who’s had countless chickens said he looks like a rooster

 

[ColtHandorf]

That bird is undeniably a female. If it's a cockerel I'll buy a hat for the specific purpose of eating it. Barred Rocks are sexually dimorphic in plumage. That is clearly a female pattern, not a male. The grey wash down the front of the legs is another indicator. Not to mention is has no male-specific, pointed hackle or saddle feathers. Females can and do crow. Some females will attempt mounting as a display of dominance or because of a hormone imbalance caused by injury to an ovary. Either way the bird in question is a pullet.