5 week old Jersey Giant- Cockerel or Pullet?

[rural mouse]

Cockerel

 

[redinator]

I am new to the breed, but I heard they develop slowly, so it can be a gamble until they start crowing

or laying

 

[LaurenRitz]

or laying

Not at 5 weeks.

 

[Luckyhen006]

Yes, I'm gonna have to agree with the others here on this thread. Looks to me like you've got a cockerel.

 

[Stacy A]

Picture?

I have a 7 week Jersey Giant and her comb is about half that and still fleshy colored. I am new to the breed as well so I've wondered myself but I'm feeling confident now that I have a hen and you have a rooster.

Hello! I am wondering if my 5 week old Jersey is a cockerel or pullet? I don't have any of its siblings to compare it to, so it's making it more difficult! Please help!

 

[redinator]

Not at 5 weeks.

I haven't had a 5 week old crowing yet either, I just meant I'm hoping mine starts laying rather than crowing.

 

[LaurenRitz]

I stored my pictures, but my JG cockerel was crowing by 8 weeks. The girls were much slower. In my experience they grow slowly but don't MATURE slowly. He was crowing at 8 weeks but at 9 months he was only slightly larger than my other rooster, and still growing. He got between his girls and a dog at 9 months, so I never got to see how big he might have gotten.

 

[redinator]

I stored my pictures, but my JG cockerel was crowing by 8 weeks. The girls were much slower. In my experience they grow slowly but don't MATURE slowly. He was crowing at 8 weeks but at 9 months he was only slightly larger than my other rooster, and still growing. He got between his girls and a dog at 9 months, so I never got to see how big he might have gotten.

 

[TNchickenGal]

He is definitely a "he". He started crowing today.