8 week old Polish Tolbunt!

[Chookchicken]

I was thinking hen but I’m starting to think cockerel. Update in a few weeks

 

[Hsoares]

I was thinking hen but I’m starting to think cockerel. Update in a few weeks

Okay will do

 

[MixedFlock23]

Okay will do

Any other clues/updates yet? He/she is pretty!

 

[Hsoares]

Any other clues/updates yet? He/she is pretty!

I will take more pictures today! It's comb is really red now. It will be 10 weeks this week.

 

[MixedFlock23]

I will take more pictures today! It's comb is really red now. It will be 10 weeks this week.

Looking back at your 8 week pics & comparing it to my almost 8 week old buff laced polish… I’m guessing cockerel for yours. The frizzled feathers makes judging the crest harder! If the comb horns have grown by now, I’d say cockerel. Looking forward to seeing the 10 week update. From all the threads I’ve poured over, we should know by week 12 if red wattles & horns grow in our bearded polish.

 

[Hsoares]

Looking back at your 8 week pics & comparing it to my almost 8 week old buff laced polish… I’m guessing cockerel for yours. The frizzled feathers makes judging the crest harder! If the comb horns have grown by now, I’d say cockerel. Looking forward to seeing the 10 week update. From all the threads I’ve poured over, we should know by week 12 if red wattles & horns grow in our bearded polish.

Oh my! Forgot to upload pictures! I will get those today! I don't have upclose pictures yet. I will upload the comb color, which is bright red and goes to each side. No wattles as of yet. It's feathers are coming back from being plucked out by the other chicks.

To be continued...

 

[Hsoares]

Looking back at your 8 week pics & comparing it to my almost 8 week old buff laced polish… I’m guessing cockerel for yours. The frizzled feathers makes judging the crest harder! If the comb horns have grown by now, I’d say cockerel. Looking forward to seeing the 10 week update. From all the threads I’ve poured over, we should know by week 12 if red wattles & horns grow in our bearded polish.

This is " Toupee" right now. It looks like a crockrel to me. I'm just not super familiar with this breed. Hopefully we know soon. I'm keeping my True whiting blue cockrel. So maybe they will get a long. Lol

Do I need to take anymore pictures of certain things on it?

 

[MixedFlock23]

This is " Toupee" right now. It looks like a crockrel to me. I'm just not super familiar with this breed. Hopefully we know soon. I'm keeping my True whiting blue cockrel. So maybe they will get a long. Lol

Do I need to take anymore pictures of certain things on it?

Looks like a cockerel to me too, but I’ve only had a cockerel white crested black polish (last year) and my two almost 8 week old buff laced polish pullets (?). Here are the combs on mine at 7 weeks (Wednesday):

And

No wattles on mine, no color either

It’s hard to tell the overall look of Toupee’s crest due to the frizzling. (Love his name & his curly feathers!) But, I think, if you look at the crest feathers individually, you’ll see pointed feathers. He should grow pointed saddle feathers & hackle feathers too in the next two weeks, I’d guess, if he hasn’t already. Plus crow… I’d imagine he will start that soon too, if he is indeed a boy.

I hope, if he is the cockerel we think, that he gets along well with your other boy! He’s such a pretty bird! We have a pair of cockerels in our main flock currently and so far, so good!

 

[MixedFlock23]

@Hsoares,
I looked back through your pics to see if I could tell if his crest was made up of pointy or rounded feathers, and I see green tail feathers now… so, yes, another boy trait. (Girls can have iridescent feathers too, but that’s all over their body with hens, I think. Green in the tail only = boy as far as I know)
Here are the places you’ll look for pointed feathers on boys:
Crest—hackles—saddle—tail

 

[Painted Calls]

Hens can have green tail feathers too.

I do believe this bird is a handsome cockerel.