Pullet or Rooster?

[Artichoke Lover]

It crows.

The dominate female chicken will sometimes crow if there isn’t a rooster.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Pullet.

This is the best one I got for looking at the feathers I think

I wanted to add that I don’t see male-specific hackle feathers in any of these photos.
Hen hackles.

Rooster hackles.

 

[Nepenthes]

Thanks for that, I can't see any saddle feathers and her hackle ones look like my other australorp who has started laying. The crowing and big wattles have thrown me off. I guess I just watch and wait for eggs to know for sure.

Can you try to catch her and look under her round feathers to see if there's any new pointy feather coming in on her back? One of my BLRW looks like a girl until I lift her back feathers up and saw the pointy saddle feathers under the round feathers, just slow at emerging.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Can you try to catch her and look under her round feathers to see if there's any new pointy feather coming in on her back? One of my BLRW looks like a girl until I lift her back feathers up and saw the pointy saddle feathers under the round feathers, just slow at emerging.

Good idea.

 

[Lis86]

Thanks for your input everyone, just to throw a spanner in the works I found a soft shelled egg in the coop this morning, along with a regular one. Waiting to see if I get a total of 3 eggs from the other 3 girls to confidently say it came from Olivia. If not....these chickens are just messing with us.

 

[Lis86]

Thanks for your input everyone, just to throw a spanner in the works I found a soft shelled egg in the coop this morning, along with a regular one. Waiting to see if I get a total of 3 eggs from the other 3 girls to confidently say it came from Olivia. If not....these chickens are just messing with us.

Update: 2 regular eggs, 1 soft shelled - 4 chickens. Come on girls, one more so it will be settled. I need 4 eggs from 4 girls. If I have 4 girls lol.

 

[linguini]

Just one question - does THEY squat when you put your hand on them?
(not sure if I should use does, or do in this sentence! lol, someone help me !)

 

[Lis86]

The laying girls do, this one has always been less social. She just runs if I try and pat her. Can I say her? I don't even know anymore.

Just one question - does THEY squat when you put your hand on them?
(not sure if I should use does, or do in this sentence! lol, someone help me !)

 

[bill3607]

Just one question - does THEY squat when you put your hand on them?
(not sure if I should use does, or do in this sentence! lol, someone help me !)

Well, it would be "do" because "they" is plural. It would be "Does" if you had said "Does she squat"
Of course, I do not know much more about the usage of proper English than I do if that there chicken is a pullet or a cockerel at this point!!

 

[linguini]

Well, it would be "do" because "they" is plural. It would be "Does" if you had said "Does she squat"
Of course, I do not know much more about the usage of proper English than I do if that there chicken is a pullet or a cockerel at this point!!

I was using THEY since its a gender undecided