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

[iluvsedward]

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[DzieChick]

Cockerel depending on age - how old?

Sorry your posts got lost - I don't know about the silkies, though.

They're just over 6 weeks.

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

They're just over 6 weeks.

Ok, then going with cockerel.

 

[djunafarms]

Hey guys, I posted this in its own thread, and everyone said rooster, which I think it is too. But has anybody has a speckled sussex look like this at 4-5 weeks that turned out to be a hen? I'm concerned about the red comb and wattles, the white chest, the different body shape, the lack of tail feathers, and being slower to feather. This is my only SS. Thanks!

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

Hey guys, I posted this in its own thread, and everyone said rooster, which I think it is too. But has anybody has a speckled sussex look like this at 4-5 weeks that turned out to be a hen? I'm concerned about the red comb and wattles, the white chest, the different body shape, the lack of tail feathers, and being slower to feather. This is my only SS. Thanks!

It's a cockerel. I don't have hands on experience with SS but that's a boy.

 

[debid]

It's a cockerel. I don't have hands on experience with SS but that's a boy.

What a proud roosterly stance! I'd bet male on this one. The white chest thing is a myth and baby tails aren't the tell they're made out to be but there's no denying that posture.

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

What a proud roosterly stance! I'd bet male on this one. The white chest thing is a myth and baby tails aren't the tell they're made out to be but there's no denying that posture.

Exactly what I was thinking! And that comb, too.

 

[Woytgirl]

This a SLW that's 3 weeks

 

[Woytgirl]

around 3 weeks

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

This a SLW that's 3 weeks

Too young. Please post standing profile pics in natural lighting when the chick is 6-8 weeks old.