MEAN Cochin….Is it a rooster?

[Leggsandeggs]

Please Help! I have a 16 week Cochin. She? is awful. Just started mounting two of the other hens when they were just laying down minding their own business and she all of a sudden will turn and grab one of the other chickens head, neck or wing and hold on while they scream. I thought a predator had gotten into the coop but ran out to see she was just going after another chicken. When she was a small chick she would tend to bite us when we picked her up. Now she’s a big girl She does have a larger comb and waddle that grew pretty fast and larger then the others.
Can you help me tell if she is a rooster or hen?

 

[OneHappyDuckie]

Can you take pictures? Clear pictures of the whole chicken.

 

[JedJackson]

Sounds like a cockerel trying to learn how to mate. Pictures would help.

 

[Painted Calls]

X 3 on pics.

 

[Painted Calls]

Welcome to BYC!

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC. Sure sounds like a cockerel, but a picture could prove or disprove that fact.

 

[Leggsandeggs]

Okay, I will try to get a couple of pictures.

 

[Leggsandeggs]

Please Help! I have a 16 week Cochin. She? is awful. Just started mounting two of the other hens when they were just laying down minding their own business and she all of a sudden will turn and grab one of the other chickens head, neck or wing and hold on while they scream. I thought a predator had gotten into the coop but ran out to see she was just going after another chicken. When she was a small chick she would tend to bite us when we picked her up. Now she’s a big girl She does have a larger comb and waddle that grew pretty fast and larger then the others.
Can you help me tell if she is a rooster or hen?

 

[Percheron chick]

Please Help! I have a 16 week Cochin. She? is awful. Just started mounting two of the other hens when they were just laying down minding their own business and she all of a sudden will turn and grab one of the other chickens head, neck or wing and hold on while they scream. I thought a predator had gotten into the coop but ran out to see she was just going after another chicken. When she was a small chick she would tend to bite us when we picked her up. Now she’s a big girl She does have a larger comb and waddle that grew pretty fast and larger then the others.
Can you help me tell if she is a rooster or hen?

All boy. No doubt.

 

[Folly's place]

Welcome!
Cockerels mature faster than pullets the same age, and your boy doesn't have any adult hens or a rooster to teach him better manners (eating humble pie is good!) so he's being a rowdy adolescent, with no idea how to behave well.
If you want to keep him, having places for your pullets to hide out of his sight, and extra feeders and waterers, will help them. How many pullets do you have? Too few will put more stress on them also.
Some people fence the cockerel away from their pullets for months, at least, until the pullets are maturing and laying eggs.
Or, move him on elsewhere.
Mary
And he is really handsome!