EE showing Cockerel red?

MadamContrary

Crowing
8 Years
Mar 22, 2013
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This bird is much more intensely colored than my other two EEs, as usual it was a sexed pullet. From the top the pattern seems to still flow evenly but, from the side all I see is that orangey/rusty color. I swear it's hackles have gotten lighter, but maybe it's just the deeper reddish tone that is tricking my eye. The comb has been wider at the top since it was 4 weeks old, no significant growth and not a drastic color change, no more red than the other two EEs. Legs and feet look the same as hatch mates.
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Bird in question in the middle above
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On the left.
I couldn't get a good photo of the comb, just blurs. I'll try again tomorrow. I need to reduce my flock and I don't want to re-home it as a female if it's a male.
 
This guy is 8 weeks old today. He stuck out like a sore thumb. I currently have 2 cockerels out of 7 "pullets" I bought. I'm not sure which boy do I find a home for though. This guy wants to be the head of the flock.
So all this panic for nothing? Lol
I figured a cockerel would have a much larger comb by now but, it's just so orange compared to the others and I have had SO many cockerels this year!

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So everyone still think pullet? Her face is so red all of a sudden! And that slightly bare patch at the base of the tail has me worried again. I did part the feathers and looked for saddles but there's nothing visible as far as I could see. Almost 12 weeks old now.
 

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