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This is my 13 week old Speckled Sussex, Phoebe. Her comb and waddle are not red yet, which makes me say hen, but does she have saddle feathers coming in? I have the opportunity to take her back to the feed store and exchange her for a pullet (not necessarily the same breed), but they will only do the exchange up to about 3 months, so I need to decide now. She’s super friendly and I hate to part with her, but we don’t want another rooster. I could also wait to let her grow out more and see, but if she is a rooster we will be left trying to rehome her and exchanging her won’t be an option.

Hi All, I have a light Brahma rooster that’s a little over a year old. He is with 19 hens, and several have developed bald spots on their backs from him over-mating them. I put saddles on a few of them, but it’s now around 8 of them, and I’m wondering if it’s fair to keep him with the hens since he’s hard on them. I don’t think he hurts them, but the feather loss can’t be comfortable, and I don’t want to have to saddle all of my girls. What would you do in this situation? He’s a generally really docile rooster, but today he rushed at me which definitely took me by surprise. Is this normal rooster stuff that everyone deals with or should I look for another home for him?