ANOTHER rooster or big combed hen

[TinyRaptorDodos]

So I was told Natasha looked like “she” was just a dark big combed hen (wolf as a straight run) but now that she’s older I’m not sure I’m convinced.
Thoughts? “Her” best friend is a bantam naked neck cockerel.
More opinions now that “she’s” older? Fingers crossed she’s a she!

 

[Tonyroo]

Age?

 

[Egg Snatcher]

from just looking I don’t see any rooster feathers on the saddle or hackle. Just a large comb, I have a hen with a very large comb

 

[TinyRaptorDodos]

Age?

I want to say about 3 months? Hard to remember…
Younger then my first hatched batch this year but older by at least a month then my most recent

 

[TinyRaptorDodos]

from just looking I don’t see any rooster feathers on the saddle or hackle. Just a large comb, I have a hen with a very large comb

I noticed her feathers become darker and a tiny bit iridescent around her wings and saddle so I got a bit worried

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

So I was told Natasha looked like “she” was just a dark big combed hen (wolf as a straight run) but now that she’s older I’m not sure I’m convinced.
Thoughts? “Her” best friend is a bantam naked neck cockerel.
More opinions now that “she’s” older? Fingers crossed she’s a she!

This is a tricky one, but I would say pullet because of the female-like feather shape.

I noticed her feathers become darker and a tiny bit iridescent around her wings and saddle so I got a bit worried

All chickens have a sheen no matter their gender. A sheen is caused by the sun's reflection, not the bird's gender.

 

[TinyRaptorDodos]

This is a tricky one, but I would say pullet because of the female-like feather shape.


All chickens have a sheen no matter their gender. A sheen is caused by the sun's reflection, not the bird's gender.

Okay thank goodness! I was worried I’d have to rehome her

All my chickens are either iridescent because they’re black orrrr because they’re roosters, she had similar feathering to my Swedish flower rooster- but I did not know that! Thank you

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

Okay thank goodness! I was worried I’d have to rehome her

All my chickens are either iridescent because they’re black orrrr because they’re roosters, she had similar feathering to my Swedish flower rooster- but I did not know that! Thank you

You're welcome!

 

[MysteryChicken]

Late bloomer cockerel. I see saddles, & shoulder patches coming in.

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

Late bloomer cockerel. I see saddles, & shoulder patches coming in.

Out of curiosity, where are you seeing the wing bow patches coming in? Do you mean the slight red-ish feathers?