2 boys and a girl?

Beckin

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Would I be correct in saying the blue and the brown are cockerels and the white is a pullet? Around 16 weeks of age.

Thank you for any help!
 

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They look to be all pullets! At 12 weeks cockerels usually get their pointed saddle and hackle feathers. None of your birds seem to have those feathers and at 16 weeks these are almost certainly pullets.
 
They look to be all pullets! At 12 weeks cockerels usually get their pointed saddle and hackle feathers. None of your birds seem to have those feathers and at 16 weeks these are almost certainly pullets.

Oh wow, thank you! I didn’t realise the naked neck pic didn’t attach, so I’ve added a better photo. It would be great if they were pullets!
 

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I think the blue and brown are both late blooming cockerels. But I would give them more time to be sure. I'm not seeing definite male specific feathering, but the patchiness in both of their color patterns is usually a male trait.
 
In general cockerels look much more like roosters when 16 weeks old. Most cockerels crow by that time too. The growing and reddening of the combs is a sign pullets are not far from their point of lay. But because of short days and cold its possible they wait until early spring to lay their first egg.

I bet you have 3 pullets.
 

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