Olive Egger cockerel or pullet, 8 week old

[Australorpfamily]

Will be 8 weeks old tomorrow, Olive Egger, I suspect a roo.

Hoping for more input as we are taking our first broody hatch last roo to a 4H auction this Sat and want to get all suspects in one go.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks lol

 

[ve]

Boy for sure. Sorry

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

I think its a pullet, i would expect much larger comb and wattles at 8 weeks.

 

[SilverBirds]

Cockerel.

 

[BlueTheBrahma]

I think its a pullet, i would expect much larger comb and wattles at 8 weeks.

this is because it has a pea comb and beard. Pea combs are naturally much smaller than single combs and the beard hides the wattles.

I was thinking pullet too in the first photo but I can see the pullet next to it, which makes me think this is a boy. Other signs are the curled tip to the tail feathers and dark patches on the shoulder.

 

[Australorpfamily]

this is because it has a pea comb and beard. Pea combs are naturally much smaller than single combs and the beard hides the wattles.

I was thinking pullet too in the first photo but I can see the pullet next to it, which makes me think this is a boy. Other signs are the curled tip to the tail feathers and dark patches on the shoulder.

I was trying to take a photo of him and the other two for reference but they kept zoomies in other directions lol and yeah, I was curious on his tail feathers too. Already curving

Eta I'll try to get more photos tonight as they are resting on roosts easier to capture lol

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

That's for sure a cockerel. Only boys have those dark patches on their wings.

 

[GirlsHuntToo]

THis one is tricky... I would give it sometime to see if hackle feathers start coming in.

 

[Australorpfamily]

THis one is tricky... I would give it sometime to see if hackle feathers start coming in

Unfortunately I don't have a lot of time. Trying to re-home roosters or even process one or two is difficult where I am. The one 20week old extra roo(mis counted haha) my dad was supposed to take a process with my cousin to show her how to do it but they never did, so yeah. And we don't have the necessary supplies to process.even though my son and I read the book in how to. I can butcher it no problem, I grew up on a farm where we butchered our own meat- beef and hog, but I can't do the death part. That's just not me.

Here soon I'll get more photos of him and the others. This morning he was chasing the chipmunk/easter egger around on camera.

 

[friednotscrambled]

cockerel