Is this a rooster or hen?

[StrumiJunggs]

So I've been doing research and its looking like black sex links with white spots on their heads are roosters? Can anyone help me out and confirm this. I posted pictures. Please help my 4 year old boy picked it out and i want to do a switch out before birds get to old. I can not have rooster where i live. Thank you

 

[Cyprus]

Yes, that is a cockerel.

 

[StrumiJunggs]

That's what I've been thinking for a while now, thank you very much.

 

[mumofsix]

X2 sorry you should be able to rehome him

 

[StrumiJunggs]

Just found a guy that has a ranch and is going to take him. He's a really cool bird and will be missed.

 

[mumofsix]

That's Sweet . I have this thing with Chickens like my Grand Children do with Dogs ...oh it's homeless ...well not now !!!Thank goodness they don't do this to cats because several of my Grandkids and Myself are allergic to cats.

 

[JadeFarms]

Why does nobody like roosters If you can’t keep him because of your city rules, I understand, bu that is why baby roosters are usually put to death.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Why does nobody like roosters If you can’t keep him because of your city rules, I understand, bu that is why baby roosters are usually put to death.

Not everyone wishes to keep roosters, the reasons are many and not as simple as *not liking* them.

 

[JadeFarms]

People don’t like crowing. This is the main reason. Even though it is loud, they should move them away from the room they sleep in.

Mating, if this did anything to chickens, they would never be created. So, no mating should not be a factor.

And last, aggression. This one makes me mad the most. The only reason they are aggressive is because they don’t have enough interaction.


But, I will not argue. This conversation is pointless. What I said is true, and I know that for a fact.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Why so ?

Then, what are your points.

For me personally, the choice not to have a rooster is based on the simple fact I don't wish to have one. I have had roosters at multiple times and am not at all bothered by crowing or mating and have no concern regarding proper rooster management (bad behavior, by the way, is not a result of "not getting enough attention", in fact many of the best roosters get very little "attention" and many common behavior issues can actually stem from too much well intentioned interaction). The cockerels that have come to me in recent years as the result of missexing have not been kept because I have no need of a rooster....I have no desire to feed a nonproducing birds, I do not believe in the need of a rooster for flock guidance or protection because o know from experience that hen only flicks do just fine in both departments, and I have no need for fertilized eggs. I choose to keep a hen only flock because that is my current preference, based on exactly none of the points you "know for a fact" are the reasons people dont choose to keep roosters.
Ask any number of people here who choose not to keep roosters and you will likely find even more reasons that are not on your list of "known facts".