We picked up 6 chicks at a local farm 2 yrs ago (our first chickens). My husband grilled the poor guy who selected them for us, asking him if he was REALLY sure they were not male. He insisted he was very confident in his chicken pickin' skills. Sure enough, we had 4 roosters out of 6 chicks! I was in such denial that when they started crowing, I kept telling my husband they were just big-mouths ladies! He finally sat me down one day to look at photos on the web and told me it was time I came to grips with reality. We had 4 very aggressive roosters and the 2 poor hens were getting very tired! The farm was nice enough to trade us the 3 of the roosters back for 8 wk old hens and we kept one injured rooster. Its true, browse the web for pictures of the breed and it will become very clear to you from the coloring, the comb/waddles and even the leg spur, if you have hens or roosters. Your picture sure does look like a hen from the head, but that may change as they get a little older.
