Coronation sussex 16 weeks old. Is it a she or a he?

[Not another roo]

I keep on changing my mind with this one. I guess I'll have to just wait and see...
It seems to be lying around a lot more than what he/she used to, is that what squatting is?
My older girls came with the house so I missed this stage with them and the only chick we raised from a baby turned up to be a rooster. He is the same age as this two and he's been crowing and behaving like a boy for quite a while now, but maybe it's because he is a leg horn and those mature faster?
Here are so close ups, they are 18 weeks old now...

 

[Not another roo]

Thank you! I am rather envious of you two lovelies. Mine haven't started laying yet. I think they will start after 20 weeks. My black sex links in the group picture are the same age as my Speckleds, and I expect them to start any day. Their wattles and combs are big and red, they are interested in the nesting boxes, and are starting to squat. My Speckleds don't care about the nesting boxes and aren't squatting.

Your Coronation 's feathers perplex me. They look a little frayed. Based on age, she should have finished the last molt between teenager and adult, so feathers should be good. I wonder if Coronations have the same problems lavenders have with feathers fraying...I think it is some genetic link with the lighter color. Regardless of why the feathers look frayed, it is the fraying that is making it difficult to determine gender. However, just considering age combined with comb and wattle size and color, I would still say pullet.

You can wait until the bird either crows or lays an egg to be sure.

As far as I know coronations can have some issues with fraying and tend to loose their colours after a few generations. This one is just finishing molting now so that should be the colour of her feathers.

This is my first time with pullets this young and this may sound silly but what does squatting looks like?

 

[Gray Farms]

Your Coronation looks like a cockerel to me.

 

[Not another roo]

Just a quick update, in case someone goes though this at some point: Van turned out to be a boy and had to be rehomed. Luckily he found a new place with a lovely lady who had two coronation ladies looking for a husband so they are all happy.
Here are a couple of photos I got from him, now that he is almost fully grown, there are no doubts that he is a boy, and quite a pretty one I may say.

 

[Stepnout]

He is a pretty boy and the earlier pictures fooled me.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Absolutely.
There are no male saddle feathers that I can see, and I would definitely be seeing them by now if he was a cockerel.
Plus, 16/17 weeks is pretty close to laying.
I'm positive you have two pullets.

Happy.

 

[eveleychook]

Pretty boy just like mine. Who I used to thing was a SHE.

 

[Pentatonchix]

Just a quick update, in case someone goes though this at some point: Van turned out to be a boy and had to be rehomed. Luckily he found a new place with a lovely lady who had two coronation ladies looking for a husband so they are all happy.
Here are a couple of photos I got from him, now that he is almost fully grown, there are no doubts that he is a boy, and quite a pretty one I may say.
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SO HANDSOME ❤

 

[Not another roo]

Pretty boy just like mine. Who I used to thing was a SHE.

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Sussex seem to be really hard to sex!
Your beautiful boy looks a lot like my Rosie, who I know is a girl because she's laying eggs.

 

[Not another roo]

Happy.

I can't keep roosters in my area, else I would have kept him and that's why I bought a warranted girl. Him finding a new home and not the pot was the best possible outcome.