Please Help OEGB hen or rooster

[Tookie]

Yes, that's for sure a male.

 

[BDutch]

Everyone says boy but I've never seen a male with that feather pattern my hen chestnut has the same pattern and shes a BB red and she lays eggs so shes no boyView attachment 3780112

Do you have a picture of her when she was 6 weeks old?

 

[my spoiled chickens]

Do you have a picture of her when she was 6 weeks old?

Nope shes about a year old now but the final plumage thing does make sense

 

[BDutch]

Those are the first feathers, they will moult. I've had my fair share of young OEGB cockerel chicks.

Nope shes about a year old now but the final plumage thing does make sense

Do you refer to the post of Canadian wind?

Cockerels of most breeds don't show distinguishable feathering with 6 weeks. The only chicks I ever had, who showed an early difference, were bantam speckled sussex. The pointed hackle and saddle feathers start to show at about 10-12 weeks within many breeds.

 

[my spoiled chickens]

Do you refer to the post of Canadian wind?

Cockerels of most breeds don't show distinguishable feathering with 6 weeks. The only chicks I ever had, who showed an early difference, were bantam speckled sussex. The pointed hackle and saddle feathers start to show at about 10-12 weeks within many breeds.

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