12 week Blue Laced Red Wyandotte - cockerel or pullet?

[montyeldorado]

Ugh. Not what I wanted - but what I expected.
Thanks, everyone.
Fingers crossed I can find him a good home. Super sweet. Loves to sleep with it's head back and under its wing.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Ugh. Not what I wanted - but what I expected.
Thanks, everyone.
Fingers crossed I can find him a good home. Super sweet. Loves to sleep with it's head back and under its wing.

Aw. I’m sorry.

 

[Painted Calls]

Ugh. Not what I wanted - but what I expected.
Thanks, everyone.
Fingers crossed I can find him a good home. Super sweet. Loves to sleep with it's head back and under its wing.

I have no doubt you'll find him a great home.

 

[khloee]

I don't know a couple of my hens developed combs and wattles pretty early. I know that with out a doubt they are hens. Other details you could look for are long pointy hackle or neck feathers or long pointy saddle feathers. A hens neck and saddle feathers are more oval or rounded at the ends. Another thing to look for in a rooster at about four months is long arched sickle feathers instead of the normal tail feathers you'd see in a hen.

 

[montyeldorado]

I don't know a couple of my hens developed combs and wattles pretty early. I know that with out a doubt they are hens. Other details you could look for are long pointy hackle or neck feathers or long pointy saddle feathers. A hens neck and saddle feathers are more oval or rounded at the ends. Another thing to look for in a rooster at about four months is long arched sickle feathers instead of the normal tail feathers you'd see in a hen.

Yeah, I've been looking for that - some breeds have really intensely pointed hackle feathers and these seem elongated, but no more so than the hackle feathers of my Golden Cuckoo Maran pullets.
And everyone is going through a molt right now. Feathers and the quill tip dandruff are everywhere. And no sickle feathers yet.