Please tell me this is not a Rooster!

[curlyp]

Hello BYC!,

My chickens are a few days over 16 weeks old. I picked them up from the hatchery when they hatched and was told they were all hens. This chicken is very tall and seems to look like a rooster, but there is no "Cock-a-doodle-doo"!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Definitely a boy. I can see pointed saddle feathersnon him

 

[Bellsferrycottage]

It’s a roo. Long and pointed hackle and saddle feathers.

 

[GoldpartridgeHen]

Definitely a boy. I can see pointed saddle feathersnon him

X2

 

[SilverBirds]

He is a cock.

 

[curlyp]

Thank you all very much! I wanted to start out with all hens, but I guess I will have a rooster too!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

He's an interesting shape. What breed is he supposed to be?

 

[curlyp]

He's an interesting shape. What breed is he supposed to be?

No idea. I need to post another thread of all 12 to get them identified.

 

[CatLoverLu]

100% cockeral. Handsome boy.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Lavender Orpington Cockerel.