BR owners, please come tell me what you think!!

[ChickenLittle09]

When we brought this BR pullet home at 1 week old she already had a prominent comb that was orange in color. Most recently it’s begun to turn pink.
In the last picture I circled one of two pointy feathers that stick out on either side her rump. Nowhere else can we see them pointed.

 

[BeardedLadyFarm]

I may be wrong, but it looks like my 2 BR pullets at that age. One had a bigger comb early on, and the other not until later. I think cockerels are usually lighter as well. I'm no pro...

The experts will chime in, I'm sure.

 

[cthrash1]

It's a girly

 

[ChickenLittle09]

Yay!! I was worried when those two feathers started to show.

PhiladelphiaPhlock, do your girls have the pointy feathers?

and thank you for such fast replies!

 

[BeardedLadyFarm]

I'd have to check to see if there are any pointy ones or not. I have 12 mature pullets now, and every one of them I was convinced was a boy at one point or another. I was looking for saddle feathers, and sickle feathers, and hackles like it was my job. I had a couple of accidental roosters, but they were quite obvious. I didn't have to look hard at all.

I think she would be a little young to get too many rooster feathers, but her coloration and comb are just like my girls. My girls who started laying eggs today! Don't worry about a couple of feathers. She'll change quite a bit more before it's all said and done.

 

[BeardedLadyFarm]

I'd have to check to see if there are any pointy ones or not. I have 12 mature pullets now, and every one of them I was convinced was a boy at one point or another. I was looking for saddle feathers, and sickle feathers, and hackles like it was my job. I had a couple of accidental roosters, but they were quite obvious. I didn't have to look hard at all.

I think she would be a little young to get too many rooster feathers, but her coloration and comb are just like my girls. My girls who started laying eggs today! Don't worry about a couple of feathers. She'll change quite a bit more before it's all said and done.

 

[Mahonri]

It's a pullet.

 

[ChickenCharmer]

Sorry, I would have to say cockerel. The comb and wattles are very red for the age. Well, time will tell...

 

[catdaddyfro]

Yes that a little BR pullet.

Like Phillyphlok said; She's a little young for male sex feathers to start coming in. She looks to be around 8-10 wks. old probably still going through the juvenile molt stage. Usually, you won't start seeing pointed feathers till in between 12 and 16 wks. on males. note I said usually.

catdaddy

 

[hangin'witthepeeps]

I have 2 BR Roos and 5 BR hens. Some of my hens got early comb development and one was a lighter black (gray) colored. BUT this is a pullet. Roos are VERY light and saddle and hackle feathers very thin and pointy. My BR hens have a little area of short but WIDE curly feathers around their tails (at the base). As I understand they have an oil gland there and will preen their feathers. As they mature they will get bigger, but not like a ROO who has thin, long, stringy, blows in the slight breeze kind of tail feathers.