cochin experts, your opinion please?

[technodoll]

I posted this in the "what breed or gender is this" section but thought to get more answers here...

I purchased two bantam partridge cochins yesterday, they are supposed to be near 3 months old but they are so tiny, I'm guessing more like 9 to 10 weeks old?

The breeder confirmed two pullets - is this accurate? Can they be sexed at this age?

Thank you!

(the one in question is Mango, on the left... Kiwi, on the right, is all girl!)

Mango:

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

You've got 3 pages of responses here - https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=370779

If they were mine and if I was to sell them to somebody, I would call them a pair.

 

[technodoll]

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I did see the replies there, thank you.

I'm not sure how many cochin experts chimed in though, which is why I asked here - there seems to be a 50/50 opinion on the matter.

I ask because I want to know if I should return Mango to the breeder or not in the next few days. It's a very long car ride.

 

[redhen]

OMG... THOSE BIRDS ARE SO PRETTY!

Now i need some...

 

[Sugar Sand Farm]

I am just starting into bantam cochins, but I do raise LF cochins. I agree with everyone it looks like a pair to me. I have a pair of patridge LF cohins that are 8 weeks they dont look much bigger than yours but Even my grandson calls them Bob and Susan They look alot like yours at this stage.lol

 

[chucksohiki]

The one on the left looks like a male and the one on the right looks like female you do have a pair.

 

[TheRanch]

They are both pullets, patterning on partridge is sex linked - google it - go to other poultry sites and look at the difference in the patterns of hens and roos - they look NOTHING alike - a little research on your own will confirm this instead of posting multiple threads

!! Good luck with your new babies - they are beautiful!!

 

[DuckLady]

duplicate
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=370779