Ayam Cemani

[CoconutCoffee]

Will be 12 weeks tomorrow and I'm pretty sure its a pullet. It has a slightly bigger comb than my other cemanis and I'm simply flat out paranoid about having more cockerels from this group I got last month. Excuse the mess, in the middle of upgrading their run.

 

[CoconutCoffee]

Here are 2 shots to compare combs. The one in question is on the left.

 

[WhySayWhat]

I am by no means an expert on anything related to this breed, but the tail feathers and larger comb lead me to think "cockerel" more than "pullet" here. I'd wait it out and see if it starts crowing though. I've had very boy-looking hens and I've had an accidental cockerel. The only real difference was one crowed and one laid an egg.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Cockerel

 

[Fluffy Lambs]

Will be 12 weeks tomorrow and I'm pretty sure its a pullet. It has a slightly bigger comb than my other cemanis and I'm simply flat out paranoid about having more cockerels from this group I got last month. Excuse the mess, in the middle of upgrading their run.

I think it's a cockerel, but I am not familiar with this breed at all.

 

[CoconutCoffee]

OI i hope not. I remember seeing a thread a while back and someone had a 6 week or so old cemani with a much larger comb. So I was a bit relieved. Everything else about them look the same to me but I'm terrible at spotting differences in more colorful breeds. Gorgeous birds but everything sorta blends together lol

Edit: found this video of a purported 12 week cemani cockerel. Mine is nothing close to it. But I'm paranoid about slow maturing roos

https://www.reddit.com/r/BackYardChickens/comments/hbo3lx

 

[Poultrybonkers]

Def a cockerel

 

[Lizzy733]

Hard to get a good look at the saddle feathers with that moving target, but are they pointed, or rounded?

My cemani breeding project girl (as we don't have legit cemanis in my country and can't import) came to me at POL, so never got to see the awkward grow out phase for her or her brothers, but would assume they follow straight comb standards.

Does he\she have a more prominent feather sheen than your pullets? So far any black feathered boys I've had get their sheen from 4-5 weeks - well ahead of the girls.

I don't like how the tail is feathering in - all the roos in my latest hatch(not cemani) have that 'more development on the outside and less in the center' going on across 2 straight comb breeds. With the comb, my boys tend to have a very prominent upward arch when they start growing in (once again, not cemanis tho). I had an early blooming girl that had me guessing, but it never got the peaky arch the boys did. (This was much much younger too, around 3 weeks).

 

[nicalandia]

Its a cockerel no doubt about it

 

[CoconutCoffee]

Hard to get a good look at the saddle feathers with that moving target, but are they pointed, or rounded?

My cemani breeding project girl (as we don't have legit cemanis in my country and can't import) came to me at POL, so never got to see the awkward grow out phase for her or her brothers, but would assume they follow straight comb standards.

Does he\she have a more prominent feather sheen than your pullets? So far any black feathered boys I've had get their sheen from 4-5 weeks - well ahead of the girls.

I don't like how the tail is feathering in - all the roos in my latest hatch(not cemani) have that 'more development on the outside and less in the center' going on across 2 straight comb breeds. With the comb, my boys tend to have a very prominent upward arch when they start growing in (once again, not cemanis tho). I had an early blooming girl that had me guessing, but it never got the peaky arch the boys did. (This was much much younger too, around 3 weeks).

There may be a bit more sheen (that or I'm convincing myself there is lol). The tail is worrying me but a few look like they were nipped at so that may be giving it more of a sickle look. Hopefully anyway.
Here's comparison for comb/wattles with the possible roo and a pullet. I noticed the comb growth in the past 2 weeks or so and it hasn't gotten much larger since. I don't see much about this breed either though
And a look at feathers.