8 week old barnyard mix, male or female?

[fat brown hen]

Doesn't seem to have much of a comb. 8 weeks old... male or female?

 

[SilverBirds]

Pullet.

 

[ShrekDawg]

There’s no saddle or hackle feathers. It’s a puppet.

 

[fat brown hen]

There’s no saddle or hackle feathers. It’s a puppet.

Isn't that a curved rooster tail in the first photo? or can hens have curved tailfeathers like that?

 

[ShrekDawg]

Isn't that a curved rooster tail in the first photo? or can hens have curved tailfeathers like that?

Hens can have tails like that too

 

[fat brown hen]

Sorry

it's okay, thanks for letting me know... at least I will try to learn from my mistakes. Doesn't the one on the left look like it has pointy neck feathers? I thought those were hackle feathers.

 

[ShrekDawg]

it's okay, thanks for letting me know... at least I will try to learn from my mistakes. Doesn't the one on the left look like it has pointy neck feathers? I thought those were hackle feathers.

That one could possibly be a cockerel, not 100% sure. But the other is a pullet.

 

[fat brown hen]

thanks... well, lesson learned-- always double-check here first before listing free "roosters" on craigslist!

 

[ShrekDawg]

thanks... well, lesson learned-- always double-check here first before listing free "roosters" on craigslist!

You’re welcome and sorry you had to learn the hard way

 

[BarnyardChaos]

Doesn't the one on the left look like it has pointy neck feathers? I thought those were hackle feathers.

Many of my hens have pointy hackle feathers, too. That's one feature I don't count on at all. Like the nubs for spurs; some of my hens have spurs, too.