Rooster features?

[Chicky Crazy]

Here's a picture of my eight week old Austrolorp. People said he's a boy because he has saddle feathers. What are saddle feathers?

 

[sunflower4you]

Saddle feathers are the feathers on the back just before the tail (where you would put a saddle presumably). They are usually pointed on a male and rounded on a female, although I'm no expert on gender ID so I can't say if you have a roo for sure.

 

[barbiegirl]

See the shiny long pointed feathers before the tail, over the wing? Those are saddle feathers.

 

[Chicky Crazy]

Ok. Here's a picture of him today at nine weeks. It does look like he has some.

 

[Chicky Crazy]

Roo or Hen?

 

[lightchick]

Can you get a close up of him? and his/her comb?

 

[Chicky Crazy]

Not right now