Delaware Chick..seriousbill, check it out! Pullet? Cockerel?

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We thought it was a girl last week. Well, the comb is making me a bit suspicious that maybe we were both wrong. Here is that one today. They are five weeks old.
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This is what the chick looked like about a week ago:

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Well, I gotta say "boy" now.
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And I can see some patterning on the shoulders in that second pic too, but it's light and doesn't extend as far down the back as some Del males.
 
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That's what I figured. Now, since I have only two pullets out of the six, I have to make a decision. I hate to give up my handsome boy I have all picked out, so I may think about doing what you said and giving him a couple of others whose eggs I cant mistake for the Delaware eggs.
 
Well, I don't blame you for not wanting to relinquish your boy
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And that could put you into a good holding pattern until spring. By then, George will be heading up my main flock (and I'll bet I have a new avatar about then too
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) and I can send you some eggs out of those birds.
 
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Yes, he is
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I'm really liking the head. Now, how about that tail barring? What kind of new stripes is that boy hiding under those juvy feathers?
 
He's got some barring going on, but I didnt catch him to get a pic of it today. He is very friendly, wants to jump on my arm or knee. They all are, really. Even DH is liking this bunch.
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Thanks, Andrea! I like this boy alot.
 
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Aww I LOVE Delawares! I only have one at the moment and I bought her as a Pullet..but seeing your pics has me worried now..She is about the same age (maybe a few weeks older) and has a comb like that and the patterns...I am thinking of getting Delaware Eggs but for some reason I am just SO great at hatching Roos!
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