Interesting.
It's either a very, very slow growing cockerel (unlikely) or a quick-to-mature pullet (my guess).
Breeding project- bearded OE (mine don't have them and ee's are not available)
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It's either a very, very slow growing cockerel (unlikely) or a quick-to-mature pullet (my guess).
The new pics will be telling.
Wait a sec - are you sure they only had one rooster? Was he barred?
Wait a sec - are you sure they only had one rooster? Was he barred?
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My crossbreed barred cockerals have female pattern barred rock feathering, I assume due to having only one barring gene and my rooster being of a strain to create exhibition females so he passes on very nice barring.
I agree that the barring looks feminine...but being a mutt, it could obviously easily be a single-barred male.
Pics will tell.
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Okay here they come
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Ack. Inconclusive.
Any way you could get a pic of the comb close-up and the wing/back area in good light? Sorry to be a bother...this bird is that occasional one that truly stumps me.
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It's ok. I'll get better ones
TheFatBlueCat
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Oh gosh you might be in the same boat as me with my crossbreds. My cockeral has only just started getting saddle feathers at 14 weeks, although I knew 90% he was cockeral due to size, legs, red comb before that. But yeah 14 weeks to be 100% sure!
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Pretty sure she only had one OE rooster. She had a lot of different breeds = a lot of different breed roosters
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