I’m starting to think I got another Roo out of the pullet bin? Already seems to be showing comb at three weeks, I do realize barred rock chickens mature fast but this one has me worried that I have another rooster I don’t need. It is definitely the alpha of my fourth batch. It is also showing behaviors I’ve come to see more in my roosters than I have ever seen in my hens like scratching food out of the bowl and slinging it all over the place or stepping on the container while I’m holding something in my hands to push it down. Your thoughts is this a cockerel or is this a hen? It’s color is dark that’s a marker for hen and I know of the spot on the head or coloration of the feet supposedly indicate gender, but I find contradictory answers for both of those.
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