Cockerel or Pullet?

[SimplyJazzyChicks]

I’m usually pretty good with my bantam Cochins, but this one has me second guessing myself. Almost 4 months old. Cockerel or Pullet?

 

[AnneGirlGG]

Hmm.. the comb and wattles are red, and good size. But the feathers look pullet to me. 4 months/16 weeks still seems a little young, but I've seen plenty of folks here say theirs started laying by 15 to 18 weeks. So it's a possibility for sure. I'm too new to make an accurate guess, I'm sorry!

 

[Ikslo]

Looks like a pullet nearing point of lay, to me

 

[redinator]

I’m usually pretty good with my bantam Cochins, but this one has me second guessing myself. Almost 4 months old. Cockerel or Pullet?

Those hackle feathers look round to me and I'm not seeing droopy saddle feathers. I'm voting pullet, close to laying. I'm still fairly new myself, so wait for others to weigh in.

 

[AnneGirlGG]

Those hackle feathers look round to me and I'm not seeing droopy saddle feathers. I'm voting pullet, close to laying. I'm still fairly new myself, so wait for others to weigh in.

Agreed.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Pullet. At 4 months it should be looking decidedly roostery if it were a boy.

 

[Tookie]

Looks like a pullet to me, just with more comb and wattle development.

 

[Chickenbubble22]

I’m usually pretty good with my bantam Cochins, but this one has me second guessing myself. Almost 4 months old. Cockerel or Pullet?

I think it is a pullet, because it doesn't have any sickle feathers, and the feathers surrounding the base of the tail are rounded, not pointed like a cockerel's.