Can someone offer an opinion please. Cochin/Andelusion mix chicken

mickielee

In the Brooder
6 Years
Aug 15, 2013
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Battle Ground, Wa.
ok.. I could only get one picture but I have two of these chickens. They are the only two like this that I have, the others that are the same age are Turkens so they look way different. This chicken is supposedly a pullet. It is almost 3 months old. It is an Andelusion/Cochin mix.
Both my chickens like this one spend most of their day staring at each other and sparing each other. Do you think that this chicken is a
male or female?
 
This does look like a pullet to me. She's very pretty. I don't see any super shiny neck hackle feathers, or shiny, thin, spiky saddle feathers in front of the tail, so my vote is pullet.
 
The comb and feathering make me think "she" is a cockerel. But I don't see any pointed hackle/saddle feathers yet... I'm still going to guess cockerel for now.
 
Cockerel. Even with the Andalusian blood, a pullet won't have that much comb this early.
Cochins are a slower to mature breed, so that's why you're not seeing sex feathers yet--it's at the early end of the spectrum for any bird, besides.
 

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