HELP! I think I have a Gentleman amongst Ladies!!

[Jraba1315]

My favorelle cockerel is extremely handsome now though!

 

[Allcoopedupwith6]

Cockerel, I had the same thing happen to me when I got three faverolle “pullets” I guess the odds are just not in our favor lol

We went in for speckled Sussex and the Faverolles and walked out with a rooster and a buckeye lol so yeah looks like our first go is full of surprises

 

[Jraba1315]

We went in for speckled Sussex and the Faverolles and walked out with a rooster and a buckeye lol so yeah looks like our first go is full of surprises

He will definitely be a beautiful boy though! That particular cockerel is in my profile photo, he’s definitely looking better now lol.

 

[CalBickieMomma]

Sometimes you just ‘know’ if you’ve got a boy. I knew my Gerard (Buff Orpington) wasn’t a Gertrude at 3 weeks old simply by his aura and attitude. I remember picking him up and looking him in his wee, dinosaur eye and saying, “Oh yeah, you’re definitely a boy chicken.” Good luck with yours!

 

[Folly's place]

Welcome!
SF's are really nice birds, and the few cockerels and roosters I've had were not human aggressive at all. Beautiful too!
Mary

 

[Allcoopedupwith6]

Sometimes you just ‘know’ if you’ve got a boy. I knew my Gerard (Buff Orpington) wasn’t a Gertrude at 3 weeks old simply by his aura and attitude. I remember picking him up and looking him in his wee, dinosaur eye and saying, “Oh yeah, you’re definitely a boy chicken.” Good luck with yours!

That’s crazy because everything we read up on Faverolles said they tend to get picked on and bullied due to being so Docile but This little one is no push over that’s for sure... if anything their the meanest lol (not actually mean but bossy) and he already acts like he owns the coop

 

[ColtHandorf]

He'll be a handsome little fellow once he's older. All of mine were very sweet. These are bantams but the color pattern will be the same. That's actually what I wanted to breed again before I stumbled onto the Silver-laced Orpingtons I'm working with now.

 

[Allcoopedupwith6]

So I got a really good photo of him/her when we let them play outside a little yesterday!! My son is super excited to have a boy so he’s really hoping we have a rooster!!!

Any suggestions on how to prevent him from fertilizing the eggs? Or maybe discouraging it? I’ve heard it’s safe to eat fertilized eggs buttttttt.... let’s just say I can’t mentally get over eating a potential baby chick

 

[Gray Farms]

That is a cockerel. Only way to get nonfertilized eggs would be for him to be in a separate pen.

 

[PirateGirl]

Male. Females are a totally different color.