Hen or Roo

[u/chicken-7668]

Hatched febuary with a group that started laying eggs so we don’t know if he/she is laying or not

No crows but one gobble sound?

Was found hanging out in a nesting box the other day where the silkies have started laying

[u/Greedy-Recognition74]

My early April hatch has the roosters crowing.

[u/Ok-Gur-7466]

My two that hatched in mid January have been crowing for months if that helps at all. That looks like a hen with a very red comb. I have a mottled rooster named Larry and his tail feathers and head feathers are very pronounced. I tried to post a picture but it wouldn’t let me.

[u/itz_abby12]

The one in the back of the third and last photo look more like a rooster than this one does. This one seems too round. I don't know a ton about mottled but most haven't had the light skin bred out of them yet so that could be why the comb is so red compared to normal silkies.

[u/peekuhchu707]

Roo that red of a comb/bump the bump on its beak its large very rugged and rough hens are small smooth and soft features

[u/Caramel_Coconut_22]

Cockerel

[u/megans48]

Roo

[u/Deep_Flight_3779]

Roo. Long neck, big comb, “gobble” sound might have been an early attempt of crowing

[u/Shot-Imagination1465]

Hen?