2 month old barnyard mix

[redinator]

I tried to get some more pics but it’s dark and they don’t want to cooperate of course. I’ll try and get better ones tomorrow.

These 2 pics show Jingle, the larger combed of the two. He is standing in front of a cockerel and a pullet who have same dad but different mom. You can see how much redder he is than the pullet but not nearly as red as the cockerel…
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And here is Jangle’s comb. She has the slightly smaller comb of the 2.

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Whatever they are, I think they’re both the same. L

How old are they now?

 

[Fluster Cluck Acres]

How old are they now?

They are almost 13 weeks.
Here is Jingle, the one with the larger combed, standing in front of a rose combed pullet.

 

[Fluster Cluck Acres]

Here’s Jangle, the smaller combed one.

 

[Fluster Cluck Acres]

So here is Jingle in all his glory. Just shy of 15 weeks the comb finally popped. So… definite, cockerel, right?

 

[AinaWGSD]

I don't know. I'm not seeing any male saddle feathers, and by 15 weeks there should be some starting to show if this is a male. 15-16 weeks is about when fast maturing pullets start to redden up. I'm leaning pullet.

 

[Fluster Cluck Acres]

I don't know. I'm not seeing any male saddle feathers, and by 15 weeks there should be some starting to show if this is a male. 15-16 weeks is about when fast maturing pullets start to redden up. I'm leaning pullet.

Okay. Awesome. I’m with you then, lol. He is built like a hen more so than a cockerel, I think. But I don’t want to be living in denial, either, lol.

 

[SJsChickies]

I’m saying pullet! Nice round saddle feathers. Just might lay real early. My Agnes I was for sure was a cockerel cause she was so red. Then laid an egg at exactly 16 weeks.

 

[Fluster Cluck Acres]

Here is the sibling, Jangle, who I feel more strongly is a pullet. I think her coloring is so cool!

Here are both siblings-

I even made a Tik tok about them, lol. Tik Tok consensus is cockerel. But I only got like 3 views so…
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8q48JaU/

 

[AinaWGSD]

I see how they look like one is a pullet and one is a cockerel. If they were 13 weeks I'd feel pretty strongly that Jingle is a cockerel, but with absolutely no hints of male feathering, and presumably no crowing, at 15 weeks I'm thinking fast maturing pullet. It could be a very slow maturing cockerel, but I'd be surprised.