Golden Laced Wyandotte Gender 14 weeks

[Crumbling Beauty]

This is my first post in this forum, so thanks in advance for your help

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I am almost certain that my GLW (Etta) is a he, rather than the she we expected. S/he is about 14 weeks old, and has not started crowing, but often tries to mount my sweet bantam cochin (1 yr.). Her feathers are looking male to me (I think I see saddle feathers and her head feathers are taking longer to fully fill in than the other chicken's). S/he also puffs out her neck feathers and runs around in what strikes me as a roosterly way. Any of your thoughts on gender are apprecitaed.

The third photo is super blurry, but it illustrates her behavior, I think.

Regina

 

[Tanichca]

That looks like a roo...

 

[M To The Maxx]

Roo

 

[Hollywood Chickens]

looks like a hen.

 

[Abbeygremlin]

Agreed. T
Looks like a roo.

 

[PeakyBeaky]

The behavior looks like a roo, but I have pullets that have that coloration too and they are real girls. Any more photos?

 

[Judy]

I believe I see saddle and hackle feathers. Roo.

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

I have a GLW female, about a week or two younger, has much smaller wattles and comb... I was hoping for a boy.. wanna trade?

 

[Crumbling Beauty]

Thanks, all.

@Peaky: I'd love it if she turned out to be a hen.

S/he doesn't sit still much, unless s/he's perching, so it's hard to get good full body photos. Maybe this one will help some, as it shows the feathers from the back. S/he is stronger than the other hens, and isn't much for being cuddled (though s/he does like to perch on shoulders).

Regina

 

[Crumbling Beauty]

@WhiteMountainsRanch: If we lived closer, I'd do it in a heartbeat

. Etta is a sweet bird (she grew up at our bedside), but we aren't allowed roosters in the city limits, and s/he's a little rough with one of my other girls.