10 week gold laced Polish Crested - cockerel?

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Jul 12, 2023
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Last trip to the feed store my parents got a couple of Polish crested chicks for kicks. They were sexed pullets, but I think this one might be a cockerel? I don't have any experience with this breed, so not feeling confident. I'm mostly going off of comb/waddle size/color and the pointier crest feathers. In the second photo I maybe see what could be pointier saddle feathers, but in others I don't. I keep second-guessing myself, because photos of similarly aged cockerel seem to have obvious saddle feathers and are developing that characteristic unlaced solid red/gold patch. Anyone with more experience who can weigh in?

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I've mostly been comparing the comb/waddles and crest to the other chick that I'm pretty sure is a pullet:
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Last trip to the feed store my parents got a couple of Polish crested chicks for kicks. They were sexed pullets, but I think this one might be a cockerel? I don't have any experience with this breed, so not feeling confident. I'm mostly going off of comb/waddle size/color and the pointier crest feathers. In the second photo I maybe see what could be pointier saddle feathers, but in others I don't. I keep second-guessing myself, because photos of similarly aged cockerel seem to have obvious saddle feathers and are developing that characteristic unlaced solid red/gold patch. Anyone with more experience who can weigh in?

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I've mostly been comparing the comb/waddles and crest to the other chick that I'm pretty sure is a pullet:
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Definitely a cockerel, he looks like a punk rocker with his silly hairdo, very characteristic of a male Polish and he's pretty red in the wattles.
 

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