late blooming cockerel. I call 'stealth cockerels'. They don't show true gender till they think you have fallen in love with them and will keep them regardless.
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Cochins can be really slow maturing. Not unusual for them to start sprouting those male feathers until after 5 months old.
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Here is My bird, 6 months old and a Rhode Island Red
Yep, that is 100% a rooster.
He might not have crowed, but his feathering is male specific.He took eight months ! Never crowed or mounted one hen until then. He needed to make extra certain that we loved him and would keep him before he revealed himself. E