Rooster or hen?

[CherriesBrood]

Hi, I hatched 3 baby chicks about 3 months ago, two of them im positive are females, but the third im very suspicious of because well he/she looks like this........

 

[Michael OShay]

Given the light barring and large, bright red wattles at 3 months, your suspicions are well founded. He is a cockerel. Sorry. (

 

[Mountain Peeps]

That is really looking like a cock to me.

 

[BantamLover21]

Cockerel.

 

[CherriesBrood]

Ok, thank you everyone, it does to me to im only supicious because we've had chicks look like that before but then have turned out to be hens.

 

[mymilliefleur]

Given the light barring and large, bright red wattles at 3 months, your suspicions are well founded. He is a cockerel. Sorry. (

Agreed. Sorry.

 

[Pyrex]

Likely a rooster, but could be a hen as well. I have a six-month old hen that looks absolutely identical to that one, I swear, it's almost literally a clone of your bird. I used to think she was a rooster too at around 3 months. This breed might be a bit confusing.

Speaking of which, I don't want to go too off topic, but what breed is that?

 

[mymilliefleur]

Likely a rooster, but could be a hen as well. I have a six-month old hen that looks absolutely identical to that one, I swear, it's almost literally a clone of your bird. I used to think she was a rooster too at around 3 months. This breed might be a bit confusing.

Speaking of which, I don't want to go too off topic, but what breed is that?

X2? You are right, I've had a few that I was sure were roosters, that turned out to be pullets.
This pullet for example I was considering keeping as a breeding rooster:

There's always the chance that ''he'' may actually be a ''she''

 

[Wyandottes7]

Looks like a rooster for sure.

 

[Pyrex]

X2? You are right, I've had a few that I was sure were roosters, that turned out to be pullets.
This pullet for example I was considering keeping as a breeding rooster:

There's always the chance that ''he'' may actually be a ''she''

That's being a large issue with my 19 6-month old birds, I'm still uncertain about the gender of some. Some are very pretty, hopefully they are males that can keep the lineage going

And really nice hen, what's her age?