Gender help!

[shaun1says]

Hello,

First time poster! I recently started my first flock and got a blackish one (pictured) as a hen but the more I look at it the more I think it could be a rooster. Any help is much appreciated!

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC. Picture is not showing. Pointy hackle, saddle and sickle feathers plus early comb development would indicate that you have a cockerel.

 

[shaun1says]

Ok hopefully this picture works now! I think it's a male but he seems to be halfway between my defined hens and my defined roosters...

 

[shaun1says]

one more pic to help see. Thanks for your speedy response sourland!

 

[donrae]

How old is this bird?

 

[shaun1says]

I couldn't get an exact answer from the guy who had them but around 8 months

 

[junebuggena]

I couldn't get an exact answer from the guy who had them but around 8 months

Pullet then. Even a slow maturing male would have visible saddle feathers by 8 months.

 

[sourland]

When I enlarge the picture, I think that I see pointy hackle and saddle feathers starting to appear.

I'm guessing that the bird is somewhat less than 8 months old, and may very well be a cockerel.

 

[Teila]

When I enlarge the picture, I think that I see pointy hackle and saddle feathers starting to appear.

I'm guessing that the bird is somewhat less than 8 months old, and may very well be a cockerel.

Yeah, I am inclined to agree with sourland

 

[donrae]

When I enlarge the picture, I think that I see pointy hackle and saddle feathers starting to appear.

I'm guessing that the bird is somewhat less than 8 months old, and may very well be a cockerel.

This was my thought, also. I was expecting age to be stated as 3-4ish months, that what it appears to me. Can we get a better profile pic so we can see the saddle feather area?