Coronation Sussex. Roo or Pullet?

[Faraday40]

10.5 weeks and I'm still not sure. Comb & wattles look red, but the comb is rather small.
Any predictions?

 

[AtlantisPeeps]

Ooo... That's a tough one. I'd say it's a late blooming cockerel.

 

[Beer can]

Where did you get it? I've heard Coronation Sussex are rather rare. Supper rare.

 

[Kukelekuu]

From the redness and pronounced wattles I would say cockerel? It is hard to tell on this one.

 

[speckledhen]

If you're sure of the age, I'm saying cockerel. Way too red in the face at that age to be a pullet, IMO.

 

[Faraday40]

Roo has been my guess, but I was really hoping for a pullet. I had 8 CS embryos alive on day 18, but this was the only shipped egg that hatched. Every air cell was completely detached when they arrived.

What age should I expect to see hackle & saddle feathers?

 

[speckledhen]

Roo has been my guess, but I was really hoping for a pullet. I had 8 CS embryos alive on day 18, but this was the only shipped egg that hatched. Every air cell was completely detached when they arrived.

What age should I expect to see hackle & saddle feathers?

Usually, you'll see the beginning of those around 12-14 weeks of age. Even before they become long enough to see, you can part the back feathers and see shiny, skinny ones emerging from mid-back if it's a cockerel.

 

[donrae]

Agree it's a cockerel. Not matter the smallish size of the comb, that's too much redness for a female.

My boys get sex feathers around 12 ish weeks at the low end of the age range. I've got an Ameraucana boy who waited until close to 5 months to blossom.

 

[Faraday40]

Just to let everyone know how it turned out......
Here's my hen, "Hope." She's HUGE. it took 8 mo for her to lay her 1st egg.






We had a lav orpington roo & decided to hatch some of Hope's eggs.
Here are her 2 pullets. They look like lav orps.
This is Sweetie. She has Hope's round, fluffy, XL body.



This is Nemo, my son's fav. She enjoys playing on the swingset & hanging out in the treehouse.


Nemo a few months ago.



All of Hope's chicks were solid lavender. None had a collar. Does anyone know if I pair the mixes with a diff orp roo, will I ever see the Sussex collar or is that a recessive trait?
(I don't really know much about genetics. )

 

[Hholly]

Aw, so cute!