Midge or Mickey?

[VTChickenLover]

Hello, I'm new here. Trying to figure out if my 5 month old chicken is a boy or a girl. No laying, no crowing. I'm waiting on pins and needles. Any ideas? Thanks very much!

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[VTChickenLover]

 

[enola]

Pullet

 

[my sunwolf]

Looks like a cockerel, so Mickey I guess. Comb is very large and red, and I think I see pointed hackle (neck) feathers.

 

[VTChickenLover]

She/he has huge legs and is the biggest of the three and the bossiest. Often puffs up her chest and has a super long neck. They are all mutts but I think she has done Buff Orphington in her?

 

[my sunwolf]

Hm and that orange color on the shoulders is suspicious of cockerel as well.

 

[VTChickenLover]

Some of her saddle feathers seem rounded and some seem pointy. Thanks for your help!!

 

[VTChickenLover]

Her neck feathers are very pointy where the other girls are soft.

 

[VTChickenLover]

On the plus side, I got her/him from a Chicken Lady who promises to take him back and keep him alive too!

 

[donrae]

I'm thinking pullet. The color is suspicious for cockerel at first, but there's also red on the back. I'm not seeing hackle or saddle feathers, and at 5 months those should be obvious. Plus the thin legs, I'm thinking girl.