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[operator16]

Ok. Woke up yesterday to see that my sweet, little, favorite 9 week old pullet "Sweetie" had some curved tail feathers - some even have some iridescent green coloring. Here are some pics. from today. She's tricky to photograph with all those white feathers around her neck.

Do pullets/hens have some curve to their feathers?

Could these factors mean that she's a he??




Hackle feathers...

Side view....

Front view...

 

[Suburban Sprouts]

Looks like a pullet to me...

 

[chicmom]

Oh, yes....still a pullet!

 

[Namble]

I sa pullet! And a very pretty one!

 

[Wynette]

I see a cockerel.

 

[Break an Egg]

I'm going with roo, those tail feathers look very sickle like.

 

[poodlepill]

Throwing my guess in is still a pullet

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

cockerel; BTW, those are saddle feathers. I don't see a sickle feather there...yet.

 

[operator16]

Don't both hens and roos get saddle feathers? I thought they were supposed to be pointy along with the hackle feathers. She doesn't have either of those types of feathers.

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[Sonoran Silkies]

Yes, all birds have saddle and hackle feathers. On males, the saddle and hackle feathers have pointed tips. You can think of hackle feathers as those on hte back of the neck. Saddle feathers are in front of the tail, behind where a saddle would be placed (Hi, Ho Henrietta! Away!). The sickle feather is a tail feather that is at the center of the tail, and arches a bit over the rest.