Please tell me my favorite chicken isn't a roo 😭

[slatronx]

I got Snickers with a batch of six other pullets from the local co-op a little over a month ago. They were a few days old at the time, so likely about 5 - 6 weeks old now. We've noticed that this one has a much more developed comb and waddles than the other girls do. The tail feathers are also different - they seem to slightly curve down rather than sticking straight up like rhe rest. Is it too early to tell, or is it likely that this is a roo?

 

[fuzzi]

I got Snickers with a batch of six other pullets from the local co-op a little over a month ago. They were a few days old at the time, so likely about 5 - 6 weeks old now. We've noticed that this one has a much more developed comb and waddles than the other girls do. The tail feathers are also different - they seem to slightly curve down rather than sticking straight up like rhe rest. Is it too early to tell, or is it likely that this is a roo?

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Looks like a boy.

 

[nuthatched]

Cockerel based on comb and wattles.
He's not actually being friendly or sweet so that should help you get over finding him a new home.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Sorry, he's definitely a cockerel. Handsome fellow though.

 

[SilverBirds]

100% cock.

 

[Tookie]

Yes, for sure a cockerel.

 

[Ometra]

I’m about to post the very exact same thing. My sweetest chick might be a roo.

 

[LegbarMama]

Seems like the sweetest ones always turn out to be roos

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Seems like the sweetest ones always turn out to be roos

It's because they're too confident. It's not them being sweet, it's them not being wary

 

[Ometra]

It's because they're too confident. It's not them being sweet, it's them not being wary

And the bossier one might be the hens. Makes sense.