Guess That Gender - Hubble’s Growth

[cluckingheck]

almost jinxed myself. there was a red-tailed hawk munching on something in the ditch coming up the hill when I got hone this evening and Oppie was missing at the nightly headcount. So, obviously I thought she was what was being munched on after I was practically throwing chickens off the roosts to see if she was tucked under one of their wings. Nope, dumbass got herself stuck under one of the food bowls in the yard. She must’ve stood on the side while it was empty and it just flipped over on her.

 

[cluckingheck]

12 weeks old and 3 days

 

[FreedomFarm13]

12 weeks old and 3 days

Welp, there you have it! Dang, I had really hoped you were right in hoping Hubble was a pullet...oh well. He's beautiful, anyway.

 

[NatJ]

Welp, there you have it! Dang, I had really hoped you were right in hoping Hubble was a pullet...oh well. He's beautiful, anyway.

What makes you say it's a male?
I didn't see any obvious-to-me male traits in the most recent photos, so I was still undecided.

 

[Painted Calls]

What makes you say it's a male?
I didn't see any obvious-to-me male traits in the most recent photos, so I was still undecided.

I also still see a pullet.

 

[sourland]

I also still see a pullet.

Me too.

 

[FreedomFarm13]

12 weeks old and 3 days

The pics of it being held sure as heck look like there's real pointy feathers in the saddle area...They're sticking straight out. Also, the way he carries himself reminds me of a lot of my juvenile Ameraucana males...I mean, obviously I could be wrong, since so many still think it looks like a pullet, but then I am looking at these photos on a phone... Totally looks like a cockerel to me.

 

[FreedomFarm13]

Took screenshots of what I'm seeing....idk...looks boyish to me....


This stance is soooo male to me...

I dunno. Like I said, I could be wrong. Just saying what I see. I'm curious to find out though, with all the uncertainty there's been about Hubble.

 

[NatJ]

The pics of it being held sure as heck look like there's real pointy feathers in the saddle area...They're sticking straight out.

Took screenshots of what I'm seeing....idk...looks boyish to me....

In those photos, it does look like there are skinny feathers growing in the saddle area.

But when I look at the top-down photos, I see wide feathers in that area, but with tattered side edges. I think those tattered edges are what look like skinny feathers in the photos you screenshotted.

 

[FreedomFarm13]

In those photos, it does look like there are skinny feathers growing in the saddle area.

But when I look at the top-down photos, I see wide feathers in that area, but with tattered side edges. I think those tattered edges are what look like skinny feathers in the photos you screenshotted.

Yeah, you've got a point. Those tattered feathers make it pretty hard to tell. We're at- what?- 12 wks? I'm sure we'll know for certain soon. It really could go either way, I think.