Rooster or No?

[ChickenIsRwar]

My handful of chickens are getting on 9 weeks old. Cochins

I have one that is definitely the alpha bird. She is developing head features faster than her sisters, which makes me wonder if she is a Rooster. Or if the alpha bird just grows faster.

The bird in question is right in the middle of the photo. The other hens' head features are all the uniform so far.

 

[Ebony Rose]

Cock-A-Doodle-Doo.

 

[Evelyn Walker]

Yep, cockerel.

 

[red horse ranch]

9 weeks old with a comb that red.... It's a boy!

p.s. They make wonderful gentle roosters.

 

[Gray Farms]

Yep that's a cockerel. Color is also an indicator in blues. Males tend to be darker than females.

 

[ChickenIsRwar]

How interesting. Thanks everyone! Hopefully my neighbors are fine with it.

 

[ChickenIsRwar]

Yep that's a cockerel. Color is also an indicator in blues. Males tend to be darker than females.

He* hasn't gotten a blue tent yet. Will be on the lookout for it.

 

[ChemicalchiCkns]

Entertainingly, he has a USAF decal on his neck, but backwards.

 

[Gray Farms]

He* hasn't gotten a blue tent yet. Will be on the lookout for it.

He is blue now. See how he looks darker than his sisters.

 

[drumstick diva]

Agree with Gray Farms he is BLUE now!!