ChickPea the magic sex-changer

[thegreymore]

We got a batch of six chicks from a local feed store about 16 weeks ago, two RIRs, two Black Stars, and two White Rocks. We've been convinced all of them were hens until just this week, when one of our girls, ChickPea, has started acting a lot like a roo. She's started to yell, but it's more like a loud squeaky cluck than a crow. She was the last to have her voice drop of the girls, but her sister, Tofu (final picture), supposedly hatched at the same time, looks different.

Even my experienced farm friends are confused by her. Help?

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I see a pullet that's about to start laying. I see no rooster specific feathering, but sometimes I can't see stuff on pictures.

 

[The Happster]

I'm pretty sure I can see male saddle feathers but with that colour it's hard to tell. Is the other one the same age??

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Cockerel

 

[thegreymore]

I'm pretty sure I can see male saddle feathers but with that colour it's hard to tell. Is the other one the same age??

We've had them both for the same amount of time, though we suspected that ChickPea might be a couple days older when we picked her up? She was a little bigger and the first to start developing, though not by much, maybe a day or so. We've had them both 16 weeks.

 

[Flockincrazy]

I see hen I had the same breed and she had the biggest red comb and waddles so until she crows I would assume that she is a she and not a he

 

[The Happster]

I see hen I had the same breed and she had the biggest red comb and waddles so until she crows I would assume that she is a she and not a he

What age was that?

 

[Flockincrazy]

What age was that?

That picture she was about 10-11 months best egg layer I ever had

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Definitely a cockerel, I see pointed feathers

 

[chrissynemetz]

This one is difficult for me, I have a hard time seeing white feathers. But I think I'm leaning more towards pullet at the moment.