15 week old white Sussex either masculine hen, or feminine cockeral!!

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salsan20 said:
Thank you Karen, her behaviour is pullet like but I just couldn't tell! It sounds like you have experience with the breed? I wont be breeding these as they are just my little backyard flock (4 of them, this one, grey one and the black and whie striped young cockeral pictured and my pretty Maria who I have no idea as to her heratige!

Lol me to Aphrael, this is why I haven't been able to decide either way!
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More than welcome. They are cute birds and blessed to have you for an owner. Yes, Sussex is my chosen breed. I love their historic practicality. Just great all round birds. Docile by nature, eggs, meat , show , pets, they do it all. Rich literary history in English. Lots of strains and colors to choose from, tho the only APA approved colors are Red. Speckled and Light. For me, that is enough varieties. It is tough to find enough breeders to support more than 3 color varieties within a breed. I like to breed from country of origin so all my Sussex come from pure English strains. I do not cross them with any other color variety. They are pure Lights.
Best Success,
Karen
 
They are all hatched from mixed eggs from a very large flock so I doubt any of them is pure, but that's part of the pleasure for me in not knowing what I have hatched. I'm from England, in fact I actually from Dorking so at some point I really must own some silver Dorkings even if they actually originated from France rather than Dorking lol!

That sounds very sensible Karen, I think if you breed then it makes sense to keep the genetics pure to the strain you are breeding as long as there are enough unrelated birds to prevent inbreeding. I do like buttercup (my light Sussex) as she is very tame. She has a particularly rough peck though and has broken the skin just snatching raspberries off me.

My large grey pullet is the gentlest of all but a nightmare to get into the coop at night and most skittish if you pick her up. I was surprised how distinctive their personalities are, having not kept chickens before I vaguely thought they would all cluck and scratch the same.
 
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That cape of stringy hackles screams cockerel. You mentioned that you had just culled other boys, I'm guessing this guy was staying low key and took more time to develop because of the other males (and I'm pretty sure Light Sussex are a slow maturing breed).
I'm gonna say that's a male...
 
I just can't decide lol! One day I'm certain its a cockeral, other days I'm positive its a masculine looking pullet
 

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