ROOSTER OR HEN?

[mimithewhiteLEGHORN]

this is my 8 weeks old leghorn, it's my first time to take care of a chicken so i can't tell if this is rooster or hen. what do you think?

 

[fluffycrow]

Cockerel

 

[mimithewhiteLEGHORN]

Cockerel

thank you so much for helping me

 

[Chive]

Looks like a cockerel. He’s pretty! I love his big comb!

 

[Tookie]

Yes, that's a male. He's got quite the comb and wattles!

 

[Backcountrychickens]

I think it's a hen. I have leghorns of my own and the hens tend to have huge combs. Cockerels have large curved tail feathers and hackles.

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

We need more pictures, especially ones that show the chicken's side, but for now I am voting for cockerel. For information, an eight-week-old chicken can never be a rooster or a hen. A chicken can only be a rooster or a hen when they reach adult, which is one year old. Females under a year old are pullets, males under a year old are cockerels. Also, do you have other chickens besides this one? Chickens are flock birds and need at least one other chicken in order to not get lonely and depressed, and then eventually, ill. There are times when some chickens can be by themself, such as house chickens, but it is better for them to be outside and with their own kind.

 

[mimithewhiteLEGHORN]

We need more pictures, especially ones that show the chicken's side, but for now I am voting for cockerel. For information, an eight-week-old chicken can never be a rooster or a hen. A chicken can only be a rooster or a hen when they reach adult, which is one year old. Females under a year old are pullets, males under a year old are cockerels. Also, do you have other chickens besides this one? Chickens are flock birds and need at least one other chicken in order to not get lonely and depressed, and then eventually, ill. There are times when some chickens can be by themself, such as house chickens, but it is better for them to be outside and with their own kind.

here is the another side

 

[mimithewhiteLEGHORN]

We need more pictures, especially ones that show the chicken's side, but for now I am voting for cockerel. For information, an eight-week-old chicken can never be a rooster or a hen. A chicken can only be a rooster or a hen when they reach adult, which is one year old. Females under a year old are pullets, males under a year old are cockerels. Also, do you have other chickens besides this one? Chickens are flock birds and need at least one other chicken in order to not get lonely and depressed, and then eventually, ill. There are times when some chickens can be by themself, such as house chickens, but it is better for them to be outside and with their own kind.

no i only have one, but im planning to get another one

 

[fluffycrow]

Male specific feathering won't show for another month. I've had multiple white leghorns over the years, and no pullet has ever had that kind of comb before laying. But I digress. We have a leghorn expert here, so let's see what he has to say @The Moonshiner