Is this a Roo?

[kellymommie]

I do not know why this chicken puzzles me so much, what do you think a late bloomer roo or a strange looking, really big pullet?
This bird is about 19 weeks old ( I have only had it 2 weeks and the person I got it from could not tell me anything about it).


Full body


Head shot


from behind




from the front

 

[donrae]

Rooster.

 

[thebanthams]

could be possible ! do you see spurs ? the tails looks like it,

 

[kellymommie]

No, there are no spurs.

 

[popsicle]

Rooster. Feathers are giving him away.

Spurs don't really matter.

 

[kellymommie]

Thanks for the replies. His name is Larry, he came to us with Moe and Curly

. He is really quiet and he's at the bottom of the pecking order, my girls don't let him eat sometimes.

 

[aoxa]

Definitely a boy

 

[akcountrygrrl]

The pointy saddle and hackle feathers combined with the darker red over the shoulders, back, and wing bows all point to roo. All chickens have spur buds and some hens will develop spurs so spurs are not an indicator of gender.

 

[kellymommie]

I am glad that you all gave me heads up on that one, Larry is in fact a rooster, he still has not crowed, but he has jumped on a few of my hens providing confirmation to my suspicions.