One Chicken Keeps her Tail Held High

[ejtalbert]

Is it crowing at all?

It ended up to be a girl! She should be giving us an egg soon!

 

[Egg Snatcher]

What's the point of keeping a neuter rooster? Will he guard his flock like an intact rooster? Will he call his hens when he will find a grub?

His harmorns will not be like a rooster. He will act like a hen.

 

[rosemarythyme]

What's the point of keeping a neuter rooster? Will he guard his flock like an intact rooster? Will he call his hens when he will find a grub?

Some people just want to be able to keep roosters as pets without the crowing.

 

[Kabootar]

Some people just want to be able to keep roosters as pets without the crowing.

Well, that sounds like a good idea, but after you neuter a rooster it neither behaves like a rooster nor it looks like one. It just eats.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Well, that sounds like a good idea, but after you neuter a rooster it neither behaves like a rooster nor it looks like one. It just eats.

Well I wouldn't do it, but because it is a possibility, some people hope that it'll allow them to keep a rooster they've grown attached to, generally in areas where it's otherwise illegal.

 

[Laura516]

Thank you so much! I REALLY appreciate the pictures you shared. So she did have a little pink in comb and wattles pretty early on but then it became prominent around 11 ish weeks. That's good to know. There is hope mine is a hen after all! Thank you!!! She is so cute and pretty!

 

[Homesteadermomma6382]

I thought it was a girl. Barred rocks are actually pretty easy to sex. The roos look much lighter in color because their white stripes are a little thicker than hens.

 

[Laura516]

And just to clarify, your starlight ended up being a hen too?

 

[ejtalbert]

Thank you so much! I REALLY appreciate the pictures you shared. So she did have a little pink in comb and wattles pretty early on but then it became prominent around 11 ish weeks. That's good to know. There is hope mine is a hen after all! Thank you!!! She is so cute and pretty!

Thank you ! I hope so too! Enjoy! Their eggs are beautiful!

 

[ejtalbert]

And just to clarify, your starlight ended up being a hen too?

Yes.