GRAPHIC PHOTOS Is this a cockerel?

[kimdodge2015]

I had a bird that I culled for reasons....it's an 8-10 week old buff Orpington....and I don't see any ovaries/eggs. Are those testicles by the spine? It was supposed to be sexed females. I had to full so I figured I'd check and see.
When I butcher Cornish cross the testicles and ovaries are very obvious! But they are also older and grow so much faster.

Thank you

 

[cluckmecoop7]

Why do you want to know? It would help to see a picture of the live bird.

 

[Molpet]

I don't see any testicles

 

[kimdodge2015]

It was supposed to be a sexed female. And since it had to be culled I was internally checking before I fed it to the dogs. I thought all the sexed females looked male externally, the hatchery said no. I have pictures from about 2 weeks ago. I was trying to see if those were testicles by the spine or not. So reason why is curiosity.

Why do you want to know? It would help to see a picture of the live bird.

 

[Geena]

Looks like a pullet to me.
I don't have any pics of chicken guts but they look just like these quail testicles.

 

[swampfox440]

You actually went in the wrong way lay the bird on its side stretch the wings over the back exposing the rib cage count back from the front to the back 4 ribs and between the 4th and 5 rib make a small incision just under the spine and you will see the kidney bean shaped organ inside. It's close up to the spine. if you are doing this on a live bird you want to be careful you don't hit the arteries that reside close by but in your case, you can flop it on its side and make the incision.

 

[Poultrybonkers]

It was a pullet

 

[cluckmecoop7]

It was supposed to be a sexed female. And since it had to be culled I was internally checking before I fed it to the dogs. I thought all the sexed females looked male externally, the hatchery said no. I have pictures from about 2 weeks ago. I was trying to see if those were testicles by the spine or not. So reason why is curiosity.View attachment 3068578View attachment 3068579View attachment 3068580

Pullet

 

[3KillerBs]

Does anyone happen to have butchering photos of a male and a female before everything is pulled out?

I only have the photos of the results of butchering a male here.

Of course in an immature male the testicles are not larger than his head.