Rooster?

[QChickieMama]

This 4-month-old mix is a bully to the other three teenagers in the pen. He (?) won't let them down to the ground so the others roost all day. Ugh. If he's a rooster, I'd like to know because I cannot house any more males. Thoughts?

Additional comment: I hatched the 4 of them together here.

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

Definitely a boy, those saddle feathers are very pointy

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

I agree, he is a cockerel!

 

[QChickieMama]

Definitely a boy, those saddle feathers are very pointy

What breed would you guess? I think he's funny looking!

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

What breed would you guess? I think he's funny looking!

He looks to be a mixed breed or perhaps an Egger. Where was he from?

 

[QChickieMama]

He looks to be a mixed breed or perhaps an Egger. Where was he from?

My hens hatch groups all summer. I have Cochins, ameracaunas, RIR, BR and astralorp (sp?). Are the astralorps blue egg layers?

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

My hens hatch groups all summer. I have Cochins, ameracaunas, RIR, BR and astralorp (sp?). Are the astralorps blue egg layers?

No, Australorps lay light brown eggs.

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

What breed would you guess? I think he's funny looking!

Either barnyard mix or EE

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

My hens hatch groups all summer. I have Cochins, ameracaunas, RIR, BR and astralorp (sp?). Are the astralorps blue egg layers?

Probably an ameraucana/RIR mix