9+week BCM gender help! One roo+one maybe?

[Stephanie8806]

Thanks so much all! I appreciate the input and am interested two watch these boys grow! Sad, of course, that I didn’t manage to land any ladies from this hatch, but motivated to try again next year

 

[afieldssnowyegger]

I'm pretty certain my BCM is a pullet. She's almost the exact same age as your two. Her comb is still quite small.

Almost definitely a pullet. My 3 week old Roos had redder bigger combs and wattles lol!

 

[Stephanie8806]

Almost definitely a pullet. My 3 week old Roos had redder bigger combs and wattles lol!

Hmmm interesting! I hanks for sharing your experience

 

[Stephanie8806]

For anyone interested, here’s more progress/development pictures. They are 13 weeks today. Mostly sharing because the one too is shaping up to be SOOOO gorgeous BUT also because even though most signs point to the other one also being a boy, there’s still some uncertainty… future people in this position can have some pictures to weigh their experience on if they’re having trouble sexing.

The first three photos below are of the 10000% boy. Second set of three are of the other. I think I’m assuming the second one is a boy since that’s what the majority are saying, but the discrepancy in coloring is big for me. I and the neck feathers are not the length and sleekness that a Roo would have by this point. I know the comb and wattles are larger. That’s what has me thinking boy still… buuuuuuuuuut……

Keep in mind, this is a very pure selectively bred line of BCM from a private breeder. Not from a large source like Meyers or Hoover’s, where it seems there can be some dilution in gene pools

 

[Matejka]

Almost-
My 2 cents worth
Pullet
I'm not seeing pointed hackle/saddle feathers. They look rounded to me.
Yes comb and wattles are large, but not the bright red like your roo.
I am leaning towards Almost being a pullet.

 

[Stephanie8806]

Almost-
My 2 cents worth
Pullet
I'm not seeing pointed hackle/saddle feathers. They look rounded to me.
Yes comb and wattles are large, but not the bright red like your roo.
I am leaning towards Almost being a pullet.

Thank you for your input! I just added pics to the post above to show 13 week development. I’m still holding out a little hope for those chocolate eggs!!!

 

[Stephanie8806]

I will also add, I just checked the breeders website(I don’t know why I didn’t earlier ) and they have a few pictures of hens that look EXACTLY like the chicken in question here!

 

[LaFleche]

Both are males, but the darker one seems to have the slow feathering gene. And there might have been a pure black Marans in his ancestry.

 

[Stephanie8806]

Both are males, but the darker one seems to have the slow feathering gene. And there might have been a pure black Marans in his ancestry.

All good points! Thanks for your input! It’s been fun to watch all this development for sure! I think there will be a part of me holding out hope for an egg until I witness a crow… or until the feathering becomes more defined!

 

[Painted Calls]

The second one is a cockerel. It has male specific saddle feathers coming in. Those aside, absolutely no pullet would have a comb and wattles that developed at 13 weeks old.