D’uccle bantam Cochin cross pullet or cockerel?

3qkate

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Aug 9, 2020
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I know this is early to ask but I have a suspicion. This is a bantam Cochin Millie fleur d’uccle cross. Is it possible to have these spikes forming on the comb at 3 weeks and still be a pullet? Not feeling hopeful.
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My mille fleur d'uccle pullets have spikes (that came in around 3-4 weeks) - they are yellow and much less obvious than the cockerel's comb at 7 weeks. 3 weeks is pretty young to guess at sex though. It could still be a pullet.
 
It's more about size and colour of the comb than the spikes imo. All pullets with single combs have spikes.
 
Nothing screaming boy at this point, although it is very early. Those "spikes" don't mean much. It's the size, and redness of the comb (in relation to the age of the bird) that indicates the gender.
Bantams (at least in my experience), tend to redden up quite early, so you should be able to tell the gender soon.
This is my Cochin bantam rooster when he was about 3 or 4 weeks old. You can clearly tell that he is a boy at this point, because girls don't get such big, red combs and wattles so early.

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