RIR hen or roo, just some reassurance?

[haylee]

I'm basically positive my 8 week old RIR is a pullet, but I noticed her tail feathers are changing to a more black/green color and her comb and wattles seem a lot redder than all of my other chickens, but I don't know if that means she's a roo or if she's just a cross with a N.H. or something. I read some stuff online and looked at some pictures, but I feel like some reassurance from the experienced backyard flock owner would help a lot more and comfort me a lot more.

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It's not a very good picture, but I thought it kind of showed her tail feathers, her build, and the redness of her comb and wattles and the only time I could get a full body shot of my chickens is when they're eating because they just won't stop moving. Tell me what you think because I'm kind of at a lost now and the rest of the internet has failed me.

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Looks like a pullet but better pictures would help

 

[mixmaster]

I vote hen.. at that size, tail of a roo is almost all black. Combs and wattles r usually much bigger

 

[haylee]

I vote hen.. at that size, tail of a roo is almost all black. Combs and wattles r usually much bigger

I thought that, too. From the pictures of RIR roosters at 8 weeks I saw, I saw the difference between them and mine. It's just the shocking change in her feathers and the very red color of her comb and wattles against my other chickens' pale peach combs and wattles that had me worried. I don't want a rooster, since I'm a vegetarian that won't eat fertilized eggs or get rid of a chicken she raised.

 

[haylee]

Anyways, thanks for the reassurance you guys!!

I feel a lot better now.

 

[lubird]

We went through the same thing with our RIR. Her wattles especially were and are very red but when seeing other RIR roos it seems like it is a pullet.

 

[haylee]

We went through the same thing with our RIR. Her wattles especially were and are very red but when seeing other RIR roos it seems like it is a pullet.

I guess RIRs just have redder combs and wattles naturally???