6-8 week Sapphire Gem Roo?

[Cardboard]

Not the best photos, doesn’t seem to have apparent saddle feathers. Huge comb compared to the rest though.

 

[Gavinthechickenman]

I see all pullets

 

[Gavinthechickenman]

You just got a fast maturing one my 5 month old one has a comb that big

 

[The Moonshiner]

I'll vote cockerel

 

[AinaWGSD]

How sure are we on age? If they're 6-8 weeks old it's way too early for rooster feathers. The pointy saddle and hackle feathers usually don't come in until around 12 weeks.

Sapphire gem roosters are supposed to be barred, and although barring can sometimes be hard to see on colors other than black im not really seeing any. There's a few feathers that have dark lines towards the tip that you might argue was barring. Or it could just be weird juvenile feathers.

on the other hand, that comb is awfully big and red. Especially for 6-8 weeks. I'm voting needs more time to tell but leaning cockerel

 

[Gavinthechickenman]

I'll vote cockerel

The reason I said Pullet is sapphire gem cockerels should be barred

 

[Cardboard]

How sure are we on age? If they're 6-8 weeks old it's way too early for rooster feathers. The pointy saddle and hackle feathers usually don't come in until around 12 weeks.

Sapphire gem roosters are supposed to be barred, and although barring can sometimes be hard to see on colors other than black im not really seeing any. There's a few feathers that have dark lines towards the tip that you might argue was barring. Or it could just be weird juvenile feathers.

on the other hand, that comb is awfully big and red. Especially for 6-8 weeks. I'm voting needs more time to tell but leaning cockerel

Yeah the age is correct, but didn’t know that saddle feathers come in later! I noticed how big the comb was and was like “please I don’t need another TS rooster to be rehomed” haha

 

[The Moonshiner]

The reason I said Pullet is sapphire gem cockerels should be barred

I'm aware of that

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Pullet, or I'll eat Moony's hat. After he has it dry-cleaned, of course.

 

[AinaWGSD]

Barring? Weird juvenile feathers that will molt out and leave typical pullet feathers? Idk, but these and that comb are why I'm leaning cockerel but with absolutely no certainty. My two barred birds (legbar and legbar based olive egger) has significantly less obvious barring at that age. Even now at 16, almost 17, weeks it's easy to miss at a quick glance