submissive roo

[7&8]

Change of pace on roo behavior: submissive roos -

The old boy:

Sassafras is a 30 wk. old Salmon Favarolle, and the past few days, he has begun squatting for me.

He's definitely (NOT - based on following sage comments, which if you're new to chicken keeping, you might want to read!) a roo, with spurs to prove it. He has yet to crow, though talks a low, raspy blue streak in certain (challenging to him) situations, like when one of his hens hops up on my shoulder, or I'm in the coop & he comes in to supervise. I've yet to see him, from afar or otherwise, mount a hen, though they're all squatting fools.

He's a real cream puff kinda' guy.

Anyone else have casper milktoast roos? And if so, what breed is yours?

 

[ther00ster'scr0w]

He's cute!

Sounds like a roo, but he doesn't seem to have the comb for 30 weeks, but I don't know the breed.

 

[technodoll]

Are you sure SURE he's a roo?

From your pic I don't see saddle feathers or hackles... and the comb is quite small... Um.

 

[kathyinmo]

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Ditto. Are you sure that's a roo?

 

[sourland]

Ain't no rooster! Aside from no secondary sexual characteristics of a male, that is hen coloration. Faverolle roosters are darker colored. Remember, "Singing girls and crowing hens, all will come to no good ends."

 

[Happy Chooks]

Looks like a hen to me. BTW......hens can get spurs too. It's not just a male thing.

 

[Lollipop]

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Ditto........Pop

 

[heather112588]

thats a hen.

 

[7&8]

@!*$%#! Oh, for Pete's/Petunia's sake!

@!*$%#! Dudes, I'm totally ashamed...

@!*$%#! For 30 wks. I've been treating Sassafras - now "Sassafras Jane," apparently, as if s/he was a roo. Ya, know, doing my best not to mess with his hens too much; editing greetings to the girls to include "him"; patiently waiting for saddle & tail feathering to appear.

Oh, for Pete's/Petunia's sake!

Oh, for the love of a five toed chicken!

 

[gmendoza]

HAHA! CONGRATS ON THE ROO/HEN. She is a cutie no matter what. Sassafras Jane!

On the other hand I have had a hen with a full spur.hen I got her I quaranteed her for a couple of weeks,then introed her to the flock.She took charge instantly with dat spur.

Then for some time we didnt have a dominant roo,so one of our hens was making a loud "Squark" in the morning to emulate a roo.Funny stuff.We have had some of our hens talking in a low-barry white-ish type of tone,but I guess that was natural.