Rooster or hen? This one is giving me mixed signals. 18 weeks old

[Skyleen13]

I’ve got a chicken who’s confusing me. He/she is trying to crow but I know that that’s not always an indication of it being a rooster. It’s name is buttercup. Small comb & waddles but long tail. Very long tail. It’s a cross of australorp & black langshan. 18 weeks old. Help please.

 

[CaliFarmsAR]

I’ve got a chicken who’s confusing me. He/she is trying to crow but I know that that’s not always an indication of it being a rooster. It’s name is buttercup. Small comb & waddles but long tail. Very long tail. It’s a cross of australorp & black langshan. 18 weeks old. Help please.

Thinking cockerel but better pictures would help.

 

[FactoryReject]

I’ve got a chicken who’s confusing me. He/she is trying to crow but I know that that’s not always an indication of it being a rooster. It’s name is buttercup. Small comb & waddles but long tail. Very long tail. It’s a cross of australorp & black langshan. 18 weeks old. Help please.

Male, the tail is curved. Female, the tail is completely straight

 

[FactoryReject]

Male, the tail is curved. Female, the tail is completely straight

So male

 

[FactoryReject]

He is very nice looking... very handsome

 

[Skyleen13]

He is very nice looking... very handsome

Very skiddish!

 

[Skyleen13]

Thinking cockerel but better pictures would help.

Here’s a better pic of neck feathers. Won’t let me get a better pick of the tail & saddle feathers

 

[nuthatched]

So male

Tail feathers mean nothing to indicate gender. :]
But it is a male based on the hackles being pointy.

 

[FactoryReject]

Tail feathers mean nothing to indicate gender. :]
But it is a male based on the hackles being pointy.

Yeah they do... what's a hackle

 

[FactoryReject]

Yeah they do... what's a hackle

How do they not?