Hen or Roo Cochin & Brahma & D'Anvers Bantam

[Mowglimommychick]

None of these crow, but a friend thinks they are roos. I disagree but am not sure. So hens or roos? Am I correct with breeds also?

They are 3.5 months old. The buttercup OEG bantam in the background of pic 1 has a bigger comb and crows. It is the same age.

 

[rabiee]

Cochin's are slow to develop, but I think it may be a roo, with the pointed hackle feathers. So pretty!

 

[HuffleClaw]

Your Brahma is a cockerel. The cochin and d'Anvers bantam are pullets.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

The brahma is a cockerel. The cochin... are you sure of the age? that much comb, but that's a female pattern and feathering...

 

[Mowglimommychick]

The brahma is a cockerel. The cochin... are you sure of the age? that much comb, but that's a female pattern and feathering...

I'm sure - at most 4 months. I keep a spreadsheet, but it may have been at the farm store a few days before purchase.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

I'm sure - at most 4 months. I keep a spreadsheet, but it may have been at the farm store a few days before purchase.

well, the cochin is female, it can't be male, but she's really mature for her age.

 

[CJLR]

The first two are roosters

 

[HuffleClaw]

The first two are roosters

Actually- just the Brahma is a cockerel. The cochin has female specific feathering.

 

[Mowglimommychick]

Actually- just the Brahma is a cockerel. The cochin has female specific feathering.

What about the Feathering makes you so sure?

 

[HuffleClaw]

What about the Feathering makes you so sure?

It’s the pattern.