Gender wyandotte 9/10 weeks

[labelo]

UPDATE:
He is now 10/11 weeks and started crowing yesterdag. It sounded like someone is blowing on a kazoo or something lol.
Pictures for people who are also trying to guess the gender of their SL wyandottes. Still no typicall rooster feathers but he surely is a boy.

This is honestly nuts! I've never seen a wyandotte cockerel with such perfect lacing and no rooster feathers or patterning. Please keep updating us as he grows!

 

[Sanne]

Aw, I'm sorry to hear that. Their first crows are so hilarious, aren't they?

He sure is one gorgeous cockerel, I hope you can keep him.

My neighbour said he was looking in the trees to find out which bird was making that sound

My 2 closest neighbours agree with me to keep him for now. They are not bothered yet. For now he has only crowd between 7 and 8 in the morning, after the nightcoop opens. I put a dark blanket over it to keep it as dark as possible.
Let's hope he doesn't become a rooster that crows alot or really early or both. Because I have alot of neighbours (surrounded by other gardens and next to an appartement building). And I don't live in a town with very tolerant people.

 

[Sanne]

This is honestly nuts! I've never seen a wyandotte cockerel with such perfect lacing and no rooster feathers or patterning. Please keep updating us as he grows!

Yes I will post more pictures as he grows!

 

[Sanne]

12 weeks now!
Growing but still no obvious rooster feathers. Maybe some saddle feathers? But they don't look pointy yet.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I'm pretty certain it's Pullet, unless it's a super late blooming cockerel, or one with the best lacing I would ever see on a Wyandotte Cockerel/Rooster.

But I'm also thinking a super late bloomer. This one tickles at my brain.

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

The photo from the top down makes me think cockerel, because he’s got some super iridescent feathers that could be male hackles. Plus the crowing…I’m really thinking it’s a cockerel now.

 

[labelo]

Still absolutely shocked at the quality of the lacing if we have a cockerel. I am maybe, *maybe* beginning to see to see some feathering that leans ever so slightly cockerel--the messier white feathers coming in on the shoulder, which would eventually become a mostly white shoulder/wing on a male black laced silver wyandotte. Maybe the hackles that could have some sheen?

Does anyone have experience with show-quality wyandottes? Maybe we're all just used to garden-variety hatchery types and it's more typical for quality roos to be late bloomers. I don't have enough eye for the SoP on shape, stance, etc. to know myself.

Thank you for updating, please continue to do so!

 

[Sanne]

I'm pretty certain it's Pullet, unless it's a super late blooming cockerel, or one with the best lacing I would ever see on a Wyandotte Cockerel/Rooster.

But I'm also thinking a super late bloomer. This one tickles at my brain.

They say pullets don't crow and he has been crowing in the morning. Not alot, a few minutes between 7 and 9.
So probably will be a late bloomer like you say.
I really wonder how he will look in a few months

 

[Sanne]

Still absolutely shocked at the quality of the lacing if we have a cockerel. I am maybe, *maybe* beginning to see to see some feathering that leans ever so slightly cockerel--the messier white feathers coming in on the shoulder, which would eventually become a mostly white shoulder/wing on a male black laced silver wyandotte. Maybe the hackles that could have some sheen?

Does anyone have experience with show-quality wyandottes? Maybe we're all just used to garden-variety hatchery types and it's more typical for quality roos to be late bloomers. I don't have enough eye for the SoP on shape, stance, etc. to know myself.

Thank you for updating, please continue to do so!

I should ask my friend from what kind of breeder she got the eggs.

 

[Sanne]

I should ask my friend from what kind of breeder she got the eggs.

She got them from a second hand site from someone who breeds more than 1 breed. So no idea if he breeds show quality.