Roo?

[AnnapolisChickens2021]

Hi, we’re trying to figure out for sure if this is a roo or not. We bought 4 chicks and 1 is definitely a rooster (a copper marlin), but trying to figure out if this one is too. My daughters love these chicks and we need to find a good home for the rooster(s) ASAP since we can’t have them where we live. But wanted to figure out first if I need to find a home for 1 or 2 roosters. It’d be better to take them together if thus

Thanks so much for helping determine if this is a roo or not! 4 months old.

 

[SpotTheCat]

Age?

 

[AnnapolisChickens2021]

Age?

4 months or so. The own we already identified as a roo is crowing. This one isn’t growing but he’s so much bigger then the other chicks

 

[emily_snow707]

It's a hen. There are usually longer feathers on the back of a rooster and in the tail. That's a key sign for a roo. Also, the comb and waddle are very small signaling a hen. Roos are also bigger.

 

[Fluffy Lambs]

Pullet I think

 

[JustAChickenLoverOverHere]

4 months or so. The own we already identified as a roo is crowing. This one isn’t growing but he’s so much bigger then the other chicks

Can you get a better picture of his saddle area? I believe it is a cockerel, though. He doesn’t have very visible saddles for a male, so I’d like to be sure.

 

[Yardmom]

The coloring of this bird would most likely be male. Pullets looking that white would be unusual outside of high quality breeding. A picture of the feathers on the back (saddle) may help. To look for yourself cockerals will start to get pointed feathers at about this age.

 

[AnnapolisChickens2021]

Hi, we’re trying to figure out for sure if this is a roo or not. We bought 4 chicks and 1 is definitely a rooster (a copper marlin), but trying to figure out if this one is too. My daughters love these chicks and we need to find a good home for the rooster(s) ASAP since we can’t have them where we live. But wanted to figure out first if I need to find a home for 1 or 2 roosters. It’d be better to take them together if thus

Thanks so much for helping determine if this is a roo or not! 4 months old.

Can you get a better picture of his saddle area? I believe it is a cockerel, though. He doesn’t have very visible saddles for a male, so I’d like to be sure.

Attached more pix of that area.

 

[AnnapolisChickens2021]

The coloring of this bird would most likely be male. Pullets looking that white would be unusual outside of high quality breeding. A picture of the feathers on the back (saddle) may help. To look for yourself cockerals will start to get pointed feathers at about this age.

I attached more pix of that area.

 

[JustAChickenLoverOverHere]

I attached more pix of that area.

I’d say pullet.