rooster or hen? Wyandotte

[rehsanipoor]

Peanut was sold to us as a female, but we are beginning to wonder they made a mistake! She/he is 17 weeks but has not crowed. We all think think she is looking more rooster-like. Opinions?? I can take differen't pics/videos if helpful.

 

[GracePoultry]

Photos would be good. if she is a hen she will hopefully start laying in a few weeks : )

 

[TesoroSena]

Unfortunately that looks to be a rooster!

 

[Jener8or]

Unfortunately that looks to be a rooster!

Agreed

 

[rehsanipoor]

oh no. Can't have them where I live! What do people do when this happens??

 

[rehsanipoor]

Shouldn't he have crowed by now??

 

[GracePoultry]

Shouldn't he have crowed by now??

yes. its normally between 4 and 5 months so he might start crowing in just a few weeks. There are a ton of awesome chicken owners on here so you could post in your state thread looking for a good home for him. I hope everything works out. There are some chicken sanctuaries but I don't know if you have any near you.

 

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

Peanut was sold to us as a female, but we are beginning to wonder they made a mistake! She/he is 17 weeks but has not crowed. We all think think she is looking more rooster-like. Opinions?? I can take differen't pics/videos if helpful.

If you don't mind, you could eat him. If he's your little baby birdie and you have issues with eating him, I suggest posting him in a local animal re homing or selling forum.

 

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

If you don't mind, you could eat him. If he's your little baby birdie and you have issues with eating him, I suggest posting him in a local animal re homing or selling forum.

this is from experience btw, last spring/ summer I had nine of the things, so I posted in a local Facebook group and was able to give 8 of them to a small family owned hatchery. Kept the last one for breeding and flock dynamic reasons.

 

[Ecarroll]

Peanut was sold to us as a female, but we are beginning to wonder they made a mistake! She/he is 17 weeks but has not crowed. We all think think she is looking more rooster-like. Opinions?? I can take differen't pics/videos if helpful.

That is unfortunately as many people have said a cockerel. Rooster is the term for males over a year old, cockrel is younger, same goes for hen and pullet.