Is this really a hen?

[vonchick]

I bought 2 black sex-link chicks at the feed store, both black, one with a white dot on it's head. The one with the dot grew into a beautiful barred cockerel, the solid black one a black pullet. The black one has fought from the day we brought them home at 2 weeks of age, she fights with all of the chickens. The cockerel, on the other hand is a pacifist. We have five other chickens (best guess 1 cockerel and 4 hens) all roughly the same age. At 12 weeks the cockerels started crowing, and the next day the hen did too. She now not only out fights the cockerels, she outcrows them too. She also chases all the chickens. I've read about hens crowing when there are no roosters, but that's not the case here. Is this dominant hen behavior? This is our first time raising chickens, and we're very confused! I've included photos of both the sex-link chickens - they're almost 13 weeks old.

Blackbird - hen?

Blackbird and the cockerel TK

 

[CCFarms9559]

OK, I'm not really experienced, but she looks like my black sexlinks. And one of them is just down right nasty - I was going to say "fowl".... Mine doesn't crow, but she thinks she is the boss of all the other chickens!

 

[Lothiriel]

For 13 weeks I'm going for boy. My sexlinks don't look like that either. BUT... I may be wrong.

this is one of my black sexlinks as a baby, just about 2 days old


older...


all grown up


hope this helps!!

 

[bella1210]

i think it is a roo

 

[silkiechicken]

13 weeks, that is a roo... and doesn't look like a sexlink either.

 

[sourland]

He's a cockerel and not a sex link.

 

[Happy Chooks]

It's a cockeral and not a black sex link.

 

[BirdNut]

No, not a sex link; nor is that a hen. That bird looks very roo-ish for his age.

 

[BrianT]

He's a dang good lookin whatever he is.

 

[sheila3935]

Looks like one of my barred rock roos also 13 weeks
he's the one in the dish