D'Uccle Gender Confusion

[Chirps]

So, as a newbie, I obtained two D'Uccle chicks. They've only ever lived with each other and no one else. They've received top notch care and nutrition. One of them who I've a always believed to be a pullet is doing rooster things. S/he is crowing, but I also heard hens can crow too. It is colored and acts like a hen but I caught it crowing with the other one who is definitely a cockerel.

I've done some research and I've found that raising birds in such small groups could cause them to grow at a speedy pace and develop more quickly. Also, I've never been able to find a picture of a Mille Fleur D'Uccle rooster colored like a hen.

I'm so confused! Can someone help me please?!?

The darker one is my known rooster and the lighter one is the pullet(??).

 

[AtlantisPeeps]

It's a roo! It is very rare that a hen will crow, and look at that comb! (Also note how long and upright the tail is) Very pretty cockerel you have

 

[Griffinsong]

With those combs, both are cockerels. The lighter one probably just has to molt into the rusty coloration, and is a bit slower to develop.
Also he does have noticably darker patches on his wings so maybe he is just a light colored bird.

 

[ashtree]

Yea those are boys! And they're both beautiful!

 

[Michael OShay]

Yea those are boys! And they're both beautiful!

x4 on both being cockerels, but they are beautiful birds.

 

[Chirps]

Chirps, the lighter one, has very rounded feathers which is another thing that throws me off.

To me, Chirps and Salsa look absolutely nothing alike. Besides, I absolutely can *not* find a D'Uccle rooster colored that lightly.

 

[Cyan Night]

It's actually very rare for hens to crow. And if one does end up crowing, it's usually a much older hen taking the role of a rooster when one isn't present. Crowing at such a young age means rooster. I had a polish and blue andalusian that grew up together. The BA was 100% cockerel at six weeks. I had hopes for the polish til he started crowing with the BA at a little over 8 weeks.

 

[ashtree]

I think it's just taking longer to feather out. It's crowing. Very rarely an established hen will crow when there's no rooster. Rarely. It's my understanding that pullets don't crow. I'm sorry. It took me a long time to accept my mille fluer d'uccle was a rooster.