Not Sure If You've Got A Pullet Or Cockerel? Click Here! Thread 2

[debid]

There is a green shade on the tale of thel last brown one does it matter????

All black feathers can have iridescence. Males tend to have more but females can look very green (or blue or purple) in sunlight, too.

 

[debid]

How about this one? 9 weeks old, I thought it was a roo but the other Roos in my bunch seem to have much longer and darker tail feathers.

That's a lot of comb/wattle for 9 weeks. And zooming in, I think I see the beginnings of saddle feathers right where the wings come together but it's not yet obvious. They're young and males mature at different rates.

 

[debid]

View attachment 736892 View attachment 736919 7 week golden polish

In a couple more weeks, it's going to be super obvious. The males get a spiky head of skinny, pointy feathers and the females get a poof of blunt ended feathers. It's not always obvious in the baby feathers but leaning male here.

 

[IdahoMermaid]

How old?

3 and a half months old!

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

3 and a half months old!

I'm going with a pretty pullet.

 

[PirateGirl]

Update. I think my girls have sorted out the pecking order and I have seen no more aggressive moves from my SLW in question. This morning they all ate together and the SLW got to come be one of the first to eat instead of last, so all her posturing has moved her up in the ranks. Her partner from the same hatch however seems to be dead last in the pecking order even though she is the largest pullet in the flock, haha.

 

[maaz]

All black feathers can have iridescence. Males tend to have more but females can look very green (or blue or purple) in sunlight, too.

Thanks you are really helping me out

 

[maaz]

I dont know

They all are leghorns
I just asked my cousin with whom i bought them

 

[maaz]

Still looks like a pullet. What breed is it?


There may be some specific breeds that can be sexed by feather growth, but I have not yet found a reliable way to sex all chicks by feather growth. Some claim there is a way, but I think if it was accurate for all breeds, we would know about it!

They are leghorn

 

[IdahoMermaid]

I'm going with a pretty pullet.

Great, thanks!! She is obviously the Queen of the hen house then! She even chases my dogs!