Please help! I really hope this is a female!

[Mamato6]

That makes me sad. That one is my 9 year olds whom she named. My husband won't let us keep it if it is in fact a *he*

 

[DyingPhoenix]

Find a new husband. LOL Joking! Maybe try lots of goodies as bribery?

 

[Mamato6]

@DyingPhoenix lmao! He doesn't like Roo's because of the crowing. As it is, his mother lives on the other half of our land, has one Roo, the land adjoining ours has 10

 

[DyingPhoenix]

Awww. Well that's crap! I don't have any experience at all with them, but maybe you could look into a no-crow collar? I'm raising my first cockerels right now, always just kept hens. One just found his voice so i'm curious how well I'll tolerate it lol. I like crowing, just not all day every day.

 

[sassysarah]

Cockerel

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Now for those of you saying Roo/cockerel can you tell me why? I thought I had read on EE's coloring that a male will have more splotchy coloring and a female will have more even coloring. Also that Roo's grow/mature faster. My MIL had got 11 pullets from Tractor Supply two died shortly after but there are a a couple (all same age as mine but I didn't get mine from TSC) that are way bigger and there combs are huge and bright red with big thick legs etc.
I'm still new to chickens for the most part so all I can do is go by what I've read which is why I ask why you guys say cockerel

I say cockerel because of the large red comb, the pointy saddle feathers, and his coloring.

 

[summerb123]

When you see these its a cockerel!