Gender - 5.5 weeks old

[TempletonPeck]

Hello again!
This is Betty/Bertie, my blue (black) Orpington, now at 5 and a half weeks old.
Stance is long-necked, legs are very sturdy, but the wattles that sprouted at only 4 weeks have stopped growing (for the moment), and the comb is not very vibrant.
Backyard folk were cautiously thinking a boy at 4 weeks - is that still the same? I’ve been looking long and hard at the saddle feathers - and, if I had to choose “rounded” or “pointed” I think I’d go for pointed… but all I have to compare them to are my fluffy, caramel buffs of the same age, and, thanks to their colour, the shape of their saddle feathers seems less defined.
All guesses and thoughts welcome!

 

[lacychappell4]

It looks like a pullet to me ,but I am terrible at sexing chickens . I wait for laying or crowing to be 100% .

 

[TempletonPeck]

It looks like a pullet to me ,but I am terrible at sexing chickens . I wait for laying or crowing to be 100% .

I do hope so! Thank you for responding!

 

[lacychappell4]

I do hope so! Thank you for responding!

Your welcome it's been the year of the cockerels for me 3 out of every set of chicks .

 

[Sussex19]

Thinking pullet at this point, in the first pic it looks a bit more like a cockerel but in all the others definitely looks like a girl.
However I'm not very experienced.

 

[ValarieF]

looks like a pullet

 

[mrskenmore]

Pullet- I recently was told that feather shape doesn't count at this age.

 

[Iluveggers]

Too early to use saddle feathers as an indicator! Keep an eye on the comb. Waddles are very large for a pullet at that age, but with small comb I am hopeful for you!

 

[Emily_loveschickens]

@Overo Mare

 

[Painted Calls]

Pullet