Has anyone had DNA sexing be wrong? Pullet with large peacomb

[rascal66]

No experience with dna testing, but if you can, please do take a picture of the saddle area! 2 months sometimes can show if there are rooster saddle feathers or not.

 

[peachini44]

I forgot I took these yesterday. Her feathers in the saddle area look just like her sister/half sister's so far. Her sister came back as pullet and has the tiniest little yellow comb...so a starke contrast to Blue's and all I have to compare to.

 

[peachini44]

Looks like a triple pea to me.
9 weeks too young for gender specific feathering.
Give it another few weeks at least.

I don't know if I can take the suspense. I may just send in a second sample and do blood this time But it almost seems pointless now to have paid for DNA sexing if I'm going to have to second guess it or wait it out.

The comb is 3 rows, but they do not extend all the way down and are not equal. One side goes about 2/3 down now, and the other not even half way. The comb growth has coincided with a growth spurt, but it is just so much bigger than the other peacomb pullet's.

 

[peachini44]

Do all your chicks have the same parents?

No, the other cockerel in the photos is not related, only hatched the same time. He is the only frame of reference I have for peacombs and hard-feathered roosters.

I think the other 2 (pullet and cockerel) are half siblings but I am not positive if it was 1 or 2 opal roos in the pen. The other cockerel comes from an andalusian hen and has a completely different build so I can't compare. I thought the other pullet could be a full sister because they came from identical colored eggs, same pen, but again I'm not sure and by looks would guess not.

 

[peachini44]

Here are the saddle area feathers coming in, some of them do look pointy, but mostly it's the ones still in the casing

*edited, saddle not hackle, no hackle feathers coming in yet

 

[peachini44]

He's a cockerel.
Clear saddles coming in there. Good pics.

Oh no. Are the saddles exclusive to males, or do females get them but rounded?

 

[Painted Calls]

Oh no. Are the saddles exclusive to males, or do females get them but rounded?

Females get them, but they are dull and rounded. They do not stand out like a male's does.

You have a cockerel, I'm sorry.

 

[rascal66]

Here are the hackle area feathers coming in, some of them do look pointy, but mostly it's the ones still in the casing

Yes, those feathers seem very pointed and would indicate cockerel, sorry about that at best, you can still wait a while longer to make sure those are indeed long, tapered pointy saddles.
I have a pullet currently that had me guessing for a long while because her comb was really red and popped a bit at her age
But she's now 2 1/2 months and she's very much a pullet thankfully.
Time will solidify your answer!

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Here are the saddle area feathers coming in, some of them do look pointy, but mostly it's the ones still in the casing

*edited, saddle not hackle, no hackle feathers coming in yet

That confirms it. He is a cockerel.

 

[janiedoe]

I'm wishing you luck! Crossing fingers for her.
I believe that she is truly a she. I've had female easter eggers with 3 rows and pink combs at ten weeks and ee males that I just was sure were female.
Please keep us updated.