Cochin Gender

[BaGAWK!!]

This is a 10 week old cochin bantam from TSC as a chick. What gender? She acts very hennish, stance, etc. Cochins are usually easy to sex but this one has had me guessing.

 

[Cheeky Chick]

I'm no expert but she looks very girlie to me.

 

[donrae]

I've not seen that much red on that young a cochin pullet. I'm thinking roo.

 

[4-H chicken mom]

White cochin hens do have bright red combs and wattles but if they grow any taller and longer it will be a roo. Are the hackle feathers rounded or more pointed? Rounded = pullet Pointed=roo.

 

[heybarb]

So, now I am wondering if my buff cochin is a boy or a girl...I had assumed he was a boy...but he looks a lot like the cochin above...could he actually be a girl??

 

[leadwolf1]

White one....that is a lot of red for a cochin pullet at that age..yet, it looks girlie

Buff one...definitely roo...that face says it all

 

[aoxa]

My cochins never were red until they were close to laying. I am going with roo.

Even my 20 week old partridge cochin roo has less development in the face

 

[aoxa]

My cochin pullet - 30+ weeks. Just started laying.

 

[gabrielle1976]

oooh she is so purty and pooffy I want to hug her and squeeze here and love her

 

[heybarb]

So here's a picture of my other Buff Cochin...s/he's a little darker in color and the comb & waddles are still not as red as Reggie's. This one is the friendliest, most curious, follows me around, and cuddled with the OEGBs when they were little. He's a cockeral too, isn't he??? They are the only two cochins I have ever seen, so I don't have much to compare them too...both are 11 weeks old...

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