9 month blue gold wyandotte stealthy roo???

[jjjennejjj]

I feel pretty dumb posting this because 9 months is quite late to question gender. I had deemed all 4 wyandottes I had left from this April group as hens many months ago, but as I was taking inventory for Spring orders this one gave me pause. It is not any larger than its "sibling hens" doesn't crow, and bcuz I have about 50 in the same area right now I have no way to know if/who is laying what. It is much smaller than the chocolate orpington rooster as pictured. The additional pics are one with its sister hen and an other with 2 more of its sisters by themselves. Is this a hen whose lacing is not as striking or is it a rooster trying to blend in with the hens so that it isn't threatening to the much larger cocks in the pen?

 

[SilverBirds]

It's female. By now any boys would have noticable male feathers and larger comb and wattles.

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

She’s definitely a pullet. She’s got some pretty funky lacing going on, but no male specific feathering at all, and her comb isn’t nearly as big as a cockerel’s would be.

 

[User690263]

Definitely a pullet!

 

[OrpingtonManiac]

Pullet!

 

[jjjennejjj]

Thanks all for the confirmation. I had been so sure they were only pullets that I had ordered 2 roosters from the breeder for next spring. But I guess her feathers are so frayed they don't look rounded anymore so I thought I might have been mistaken. I'll need to keep my eye on her to see if she is sick. I also read about blue tail feather fraying, does that affect all the feathers or just the tail?

 

[CombNWattles]

That Orpington rooster is HUGE!!!

 

[OrpingtonManiac]

That Orpington rooster is HUGE!!!

Ikr?!

 

[jjjennejjj]

That Orpington rooster is HUGE!!!

That's Big Chocolate. He is so sweet and gentle. I LOVE all my roosters. I have collected 13 different beautiful breeds! Making sure they each have enough hens are why I ended up with too many chickens. I don't tolerate aggressive roosters though. If they "step up" to me, chase kids, are rough with the hens, or fight with the other roosters I cull them. I had a Niederrheiner that was 34" tall that had this weird roaring-like crow!!! We named him Cockzilla.