One roo or two?

[mystryda]

So I got five birds in the late fall from Meyer Hatchery. They were all supposed to be girls.

We've been suspicious about one of the birds, Duck, for a while. This past week he started crowing.

For the past several months Duck has been ruffling the feathers around his neck and hopping around (not the mating/dragging feather thing) around another of the birds, Giraffe. Duck will frequently peck at Giraffe and they'll scuffle a bit. Does that mean that Giraffe is also likely a rooster?

 

[my sunwolf]

Love those names

The aggression does not necessarily mean that Giraffe is also a rooster, sometimes hens are just unwilling to submit to a rooster.

If you post some photos, the BYC community could definitely tell you if Giraffe is a hen or roo!