Sex of my chicken

[Kim_R]

Any ideas hen or rooster ... thanks everyone in advance

 

[sourland]

It's a cockerel.

 

[Kim_R]

It's a cockerel.

what is it that tells you that I have been trying to work it out but I’m new to this

 

[NatJ]

what is it that tells you that I have been trying to work it out but I’m new to this

The shape of the saddle feathers and hackle feathers. Hackle feathers are at the base of the neck, saddle feathers grow on the back and lay over the tail. A hen has wider feathers with rounded ends, a rooster has narrow ones with pointy ends. I see these feathers most clearly in the 9th photo.

 

[Mamatomany123]

I agree with cockerel. From what I've seen, hens will have a more rounded crest.

 

[Kim_R]

The shape of the saddle feathers and hackle feathers. Hackle feathers are at the base of the neck, saddle feathers grow on the back and lay over the tail. A hen has wider feathers with rounded ends, a rooster has narrow ones with pointy ends. I see these feathers most clearly in the 9th photo.

thanks so much.... I thought I had 3 hens not sure what to do now with her / oops I guess that’s a him now

 

[NatJ]

thanks so much.... I thought I had 3 hens not sure what to do now with her / oops I guess that’s a him now

Um, chicken soup?

Or re-home to someone else.

Or learn more about roosters, and decide whether keeping him is an option for you.

 

[Kim_R]

Um, chicken soup?

Or re-home to someone else.

Or learn more about roosters, and decide whether keeping him is an option for you.

yeah I ended up returning him where I got my hens ..... he was supposed to be a hen... they are going to rehire him as someone was looking for one like him... he was my fav chicken but can’t really have him where I live and was crowing a lot and chasing my cats so I sadly gave him back.