Thought I'd post a pic of my LF cochin gang. They are growing quickly and will be an interesting change for me, since I have only experienced bantam cochins.
Ok, experts I need help with gender on one of my cochins. When I posted pictures of them when they were 7 weeks old I got some mixed reviews. I had one person say one of them was a cockeral and another say I had all pullets. I was leaning more towards all pullets because they all had the same amount of comb development and lack of color in the combs. Now I am not sure about one of them. It has a larger comb right now but it is still pale and no wattles are coming in yet. They are 13 weeks old right now. Here are the pictures of them.
This is the best closeup I could get of the comb.
Here it is with my other lighter blue cochin and my polish. It is the one in the back.
BTW these are LF cochins.
Help please! Do I have a cockeral or a pullet? I already have 2 cockerals in this batch of chicks and I am sure we are not keeping 3 cockerals if this one ends up being a roo as well.
Thank you for your opinion.
my guess is pullet. at 13 weeks old, if you had a cockerel he'd already have a good comb/wattles and starting to crow.Ok, experts I need help with gender on one of my cochins. When I posted pictures of them when they were 7 weeks old I got some mixed reviews. I had one person say one of them was a cockeral and another say I had all pullets. I was leaning more towards all pullets because they all had the same amount of comb development and lack of color in the combs. Now I am not sure about one of them. It has a larger comb right now but it is still pale and no wattles are coming in yet. They are 13 weeks old right now. Here are the pictures of them.
This is the best closeup I could get of the comb.
Here it is with my other lighter blue cochin and my polish. It is the one in the back.
BTW these are LF cochins.
Help please! Do I have a cockeral or a pullet? I already have 2 cockerals in this batch of chicks and I am sure we are not keeping 3 cockerals if this one ends up being a roo as well.
Of course not! I have this thread saved on my favorites list! I check it daily. I enjoy seeing all the pics of cochins and I have learnt some things from this thread too.
Thank you for your opinion. Honestly none of my cockerals (all are 13 weeks) are crowing yet. My DH said the other week thathe thought one of them was trying to crow but I haven't heard anything yet.
