Araucana x is this a cockeral?

[chrissynemetz]

If it's a cockerel they CAN have big red combs at just a few weeks....I have a BO cockerel who seemed like he hatched with a giant comb, wattles, and an attitude lol
But not all cockerels are so easy to spot until they're older.
The pointy saddle feathers usually start coming in around 12 weeks or so.

 

[Future_Homesteader]

If it's a cockerel they CAN have big red combs at just a few weeks....I have a BO cockerel who seemed like he hatched with a giant comb, wattles, and an attitude lol
But not all cockerels are so easy to spot until they're older.
The pointy saddle feathers usually start coming in around 12 weeks or so.

I only got it today so dunno when the red showed up. It has more a pea comb it seems so even harder to tell lol

 

[Frazzemrat1]

When do we start seeing comb development and saddle feathers?

Combs can pop up as soon as 3 weeks, but the saddle feathers; the male and female specific feathering, starts to show up around 12 weeks.

I only got it today so dunno when the red showed up. It has more a pea comb it seems so even harder to tell lol

Pea combs aren't that hard to figure out. I find rose combs far more difficult.

 

[Future_Homesteader]

Combs can pop up as soon as 3 weeks, but the saddle feathers; the male and female specific feathering, starts to show up around 12 weeks.



Pea combs aren't that hard to figure out. I find rose combs far more difficult.

What am I looking for in a pea comb?

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Ok, here you go... Ashoka is a bit over a year, and Varric I should 10.5 weeks to 11.5... same size. I know, not standing up, but with her molting it was the only way to get them together. Lol.

 

[Future_Homesteader]

So single comb girl?

 

[Frazzemrat1]

So single comb girl?

Here are the difference in an adult between a single and a pea comb