Please Help! Roo or Hen we need to know...

[chicks are life]

Roos can crow at any time early late or just right.

This is a roo I see saddle feathers which is odd beacaue barred rocks you can tell gender by colors.
Ex:

 

[Parront]

He's lovely and tame and kind... anyone think he's a she?! ....anyone?!

If you want to keep hoping, keep IT in the dark 12 hours a day until you get back, if that is possible. Hormones rage the more light they have.

 

[chicks are life]

Try a no crow collar it reduces spound by 50%

 

[Parront]

Barred Rocks are Yummy . . . Freezer before you leave?

 

[keesmom]

Cockerel.

 

[Parront]

Cockerel.

Yep, Yum

 

[Sharky6789]

He's lovely and tame and kind... anyone think he's a she?! ....anyone?![/QUOT
My roo was the sweetest chick of our flock of 6. He would run up to greet me and be held and hand fed little treats. So I guess you could say he was somewhat assertive in his friendliness. But once he starting crowing his personality changed dramatically to a fiend from hell. How does yours compare with your other chicks?

 

[Summer Perseid]

We have a laying hen who's the boss of them all. The bird in question doesn't stand up to her at all. It cowers away when she comes near. It hangs with the black bird in the background and runs to the kids and I like a puppy. It does seem to stand up tall and run at our cat though, while the other three birds run away and hide.

 

[Summer Perseid]

Try a no crow collar it reduces spound by 50%

Do they work well? I wonder if I can get one in Canada.

 

[bobbi-j]

Research those collars before you get one. If you do get one, make sure your pet sitter watches that bird closely to be sure the collar doesn't strangle it.