Cockerel or Pullet? need your expertise please

[RumAndCoconuts]

Hi all,
It seems silly that at 14 weeks I am not certain of the sex of this one. Can anyone help?
I have five chicks that hatched out the same day. two are definitely hens and two are definitely roos but this one seems a bit ambiguous. I'm thinking roo...but i would love some more experienced opinions.
These are a barnyard mix. The original flock was a mix of leghorns and RIR.
It is just that two are sooo much hen, and the other two so obviously roo that i can't be sure on my own with this one. it is a lot smaller than the roos but a bit larger than the hens

the chook in question

the other two roos

i think you can click to get the larger more detailed photo.

If you come to a conclusion could you tell me why you did so i know what to look for next time?

hmmm, didn't come out large enough from what i see.

try this? https://plus.google.com/photos/1069...6030789242068213666&oid=106989185467156277380

 

[keesmom]

It's a cockerel.

 

[jbd1966]

Looks to be a Cockrell to me.

 

[donrae]

That's a cockerel all the way.

The things you look for at this young age are comb, and in this case, color. That much red comb at this age is male. So is the coloring....your hens are more even colored, smoother with their distribution of color over the body. Hens are designed to be drab, not as colorful, to blend in on a nest..."You don't see me". Roosters are flashy, with patchy blotches of color, designed to draw attention.."Look at me!".

Folks get distracted by size of the bird, or angle of tail feathers, or how fast the bird feathered out, or personality...those things can be clues, but they're not for-sure signs like comb and color.

 

[RumAndCoconuts]

thanks for the explanation. yes i was getting distracted by feather shape and the fact that it didn't look like my other cockerels. Ack. was counting on a hen...shouldn't do that right?