Why does my rooster squat?

[barefootgirl123]

He’s a Hyline Brown. All of our hens have squatted since 20 weeks old approx, when they began laying. We could barely catch him though until just recently since he’s tamed down a lot.

 

[barefootgirl123]

If there is anyway predators can get to your hens remove this rooster, he is an easy target for predators and if a predator tastes the meat it will do anything to get your hens

We do our best to keep predators away, it’s a pastured operation where we have 100 acres fenced in, but it’s not predator proof, we do lose a few. The hens usually have safety in numbers. This roo here lives by himself by our house (some 1,500 ft away from the chicken houses) and is protected by our Great Pyrenees.

 

[barefootgirl123]

My hens are trimmer, with smaller wattles and combs. Hylines don’t get very big (not meat birds), about 4 lbs.

 

[KikiLeigh02]

Looks like an Isa Brown or some other kind of red sex link pullet to me.

 

[barefootgirl123]

Looks like an Isa Brown or some other kind of red sex link pullet to me.

Our last flock was Isa’s, they do look pretty similar. I had a lot more lighter colored ones with the Isa flock.

 

[Geena]

View attachment 1442857 He’s a Hyline Brown. All of our hens have squatted since 20 weeks old approx, when they began laying. We could barely catch him though until just recently since he’s tamed down a lot.

That's a pullet/hen.

 

[aart]

Sure looks like hen feathering in the back, tail and cushion(saddle).
Can't tell if hackles are pointed or not.
Might have some funky chromosomes...is a hermaphrodite.....or something along those lines. Does it crow? I wouldn't think a cock/erel would squat in that situation you described.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

View attachment 1442857 He’s a Hyline Brown. All of our hens have squatted since 20 weeks old approx, when they began laying. We could barely catch him though until just recently since he’s tamed down a lot.

The feathering on this bird says female all the way, but the size of the comb and wattles is a little large. Not huge, but a little large.

 

[Table4Six]

That's definitely a hen. She has very pretty and vibrant feathering. Some hens can have very large combs, especially leghorns and often barred rock hens.

 

[JedJackson]

Red sex links are Leghorn hybrids. The females can and do sometimes get huge combs. It's the feathering that counts.