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post #11 of 16
5/23/09 at 3:43pm

I was thinking that was a LOT of comb for 10 weeks.

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post #12 of 16
5/23/09 at 3:50pm

Actually, that's more comb than my year old Buff Orp hen!

 

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post #13 of 16
5/23/09 at 6:39pm

IT is a very large comb but isn't very pink. I was also thinking a roo but the tail reminds me more of a pullet. Having said all of that, I'm inexperienced and I would trust speckled hen or just wait until it crows or lays an egg.

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post #14 of 16
5/23/09 at 6:54pm

I would say that the BO is a cockerel. My pullets don't have combs that big for sure but my cockerels do.

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post #15 of 16
5/23/09 at 6:58pm

I'm honestly not sure.  That's a lot of comb for a 10 week old BO, but at the same time the waddles are small and not very red.   The body shape DOES look rooish to me, though.

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This is my guy at 13 weeks.  Take that as you will.

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post #16 of 16
5/23/09 at 7:49pm

I'm pretty new to this, but I posted a pic of a BO last week.  He was approx 8 or 9 weeks old.  Everyone agreed that he is a male.  Here is the post with his pic.  http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=184250

The more I watch him and compare him to the 1 hen I had in the whole bunch, the more I can tell he is male.  He looks very similar to yours.hmm

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