Roo or hen?

[Fieldsfive]

I need help determining if this Olive Egger is a hen or roo. We aren't allowed to keep roosters so I need to start searching for a good home if she is a "he." There is intense debate in our house as the tail seems like a hen but the comb is coming in reddish and strong. She has always been the alpha of 5 but can also be warm & fuzzy at times, to people & pullets.
Thanks for any tell tale advice!

 

[cherrynberry]

I need help determining if this Olive Egger is a hen or roo. We aren't allowed to keep roosters so I need to start searching for a good home if she is a "he." There is intense debate in our house as the tail seems like a hen but the comb is coming in reddish and strong. She has always been the alpha of 5 but can also be warm & fuzzy at times, to people & pullets.
Thanks for any tell tale advice!
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how old?

 

[Fieldsfive]

how old?

I forgot to say, 10 weeks old, maybe 11 weeks. She was the largest of our day-old bunch from the start.

 

[cherrynberry]

I forgot to say, 10 weeks old, maybe 11 weeks. She was the largest of our day-old bunch from the start.

I want to say hen

 

[Fieldsfive]

I want to say hen

I hope you are right!

 

[cherrynberry]

I hope you are right!

sure hope so too, I have had a few cockeral looking hens before, but saddle feathers are what you dont want to see.

 

[fluterose]

I would say a hen, it has more of a pea comb (little bumps not spikes) and the tail definitely looks like a hens tail. Especially if it's nice to pullets and not super outgoing and about the same size as the other chickens it's age. I don't really think the comb is the best way to tell, I had a rooster who didn't develop a comb for quite a long time but you could tell by the tail feathers.

 

[fluterose]

Oh I also forgot to say the feet definitely look like a hen's feet too, a roosters legs and feet would be way thicker and generally more masculine looking.

 

[Fieldsfive]

I would say a hen, it has more of a pea comb (little bumps not spikes) and the tail definitely looks like a hens tail. Especially if it's nice to pullets and not super outgoing and about the same size as the other chickens it's age. I don't really think the comb is the best way to tell, I had a rooster who didn't develop a comb for quite a long time but you could tell by the tail feathers.

Good to hear- thank you. Fingers crossed on this. We are too attached!

 

[Lexievans11990]

I need help determining if this Olive Egger is a hen or roo. We aren't allowed to keep roosters so I need to start searching for a good home if she is a "he." There is intense debate in our house as the tail seems like a hen but the comb is coming in reddish and strong. She has always been the alpha of 5 but can also be warm & fuzzy at times, to people & pullets.
Thanks for any tell tale advice!
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Looks like a hen. Very pretty bird!