Please verify if this are hen or roo if you can :) Please

[aoxa]

I am completely unsure now. I thought roo's were as light as that, but I guess not? Petrie looked like Bluegrass' chicken a week ago.

Okay.. which one are you talking about?

 

[aoxa]

Barred rock boy @ 3 weeks

Pullet @ 3 weeks

This is a 7 week old male.

female.

 

[Malibu99]

Looking at all the male vs. female, I still think that Bluegrass' is a female, because males are lighter. Oh and the look on your pullets face is PRICELESS XD

 

[aoxa]

Looking at all the male vs. female, I still think that Bluegrass' is a female, because males are lighter. Oh and the look on your pullets face is PRICELESS XD

Thanks

It's sometimes really hard to tell the colour if it is not right next to the obvious darker/lighter one. Sometimes females will be lighter, but not usually. I have one I am still not sure of. The comb is just so small.

 

[Bluegrass Chick]

See now mines legs are yellow they are not darker. But like i said i did that checking by the fanning of the tail and if this works then its tail did fan out. I sure hope it is a hen, i cant have roos i have nieghbors. This is my fav. chicken outta the ones i have so i will be really upset if it is a roo.

 

[aoxa]

See now mines legs are yellow they are not darker. But like i said i did that checking by the fanning of the tail and if this works then its tail did fan out. I sure hope it is a hen, i cant have roos i have nieghbors. This is my fav. chicken outta the ones i have so i will be really upset if it is a roo.

I have no idea what you mean by the tail fan thing.. That doesn't sound like any way to sex them I've heard of.

 

[Malibu99]

I forgot to ask. Is your chicken a Barred Rock?

 

[Wishing4Wings]

I'm leaning toward cockerel, though a side view pic of head would help. Does s/he have wattles showing? If so, that would mean boy, along with yellow legs and lighter color. (My 12 week BR pullet has a paler, smaller comb, tiny wattles, dark legs/feet from the front, and is darker.) Have never heard of fanning tails to sex.

When in doubt, wait 'til it crows (or lays an egg!).

 

[Bluegrass Chick]

The women i got them from and + i looked up the fanning of the tails. if you hold the chicken head away from you/tail feathers towards you and lean the chicken foward/down the tail feathers will(if this is true) Fan out if they are a hen or stay together if they are a roo. The reason they are said to do this is when a hen is protecting her chicks her tan will fan out to i guess make her look larger? I am not sure i dont remember how it was explained. But if this is a way to tell then she is a hen. If not then i guess its a wait and see. I will take some pics to post tomorrow of the side. Its late and i just got home from work. I really hope she is a hen. I just found out my other chicken which is a Amber star is more likely to be a roo. Gah i have no luck.

 

[aoxa]

I forgot to ask. Is your chicken a Barred Rock?

Mine or the OP's?

Mine are barred rocks yes