Hen or Roo?

[Chiknmoma]

The jury is still out on this one. Every day I change my mind as to whether or not “Brody Junior“ is a boy or a girl. He/she is approximately 15 weeks old. I have attached two pictures; The first picture is the one I am not sure about (BR on the Right) and the second pic is of my female at the same age and from the same breeder. Any ideas?

 

[St3v3n31922]

looks to be a hen, look at the tail it’s rounded that shows it’s a hen, long threads kinda are a showing that it’s a rooster, in this case your chicken is a hen.

 

[ChickNanny13]

1st pix - the one one the left, pullet - right, cockerel - EE pullet
2nd pix - both pullets

 

[homeschoolin momma]

Agree x2

 

[Chiknmoma]

So you guys agree that the BR with the larger comb is in fact a male? My 5-year-old named him/her brody as a chick. If it is in fact a boy, she knew better than anyone. LOL!

 

[cstephens1987]

So you guys agree that the BR with the larger comb is in fact a male? My 5-year-old named him/her brody as a chick. If it is in fact a boy, she knew better than anyone. LOL!

At 15 weeks that's an awfully large comb if it's not. What's odd to me is that they seemingly are the same color

 

[Chiknmoma]

I thought so too in regards to the comb. In my profile pic, the color differences are a little more obvious I think since they're all together. the one on the left is the one in question. The one on the right is definitely female. I was also confused on the size difference given the one on the right is no more than 1 week older. My profile picture was taken about a month ago.

 

[cstephens1987]

I thought so too in regards to the comb. In my profile pic, the color differences are a little more obvious I think since they're all together. the one on the left is the one in question. The one on the right is definitely female. I was also confused on the size difference given the one on the right is no more than 1 week older. My profile picture was taken about a month ago.

Ahh it was a lighting issue. Yeah you can clearly see the gender in the barring in your profile pic

 

[Chiknmoma]

Ahh it was a lighting issue. Yeah you can clearly see the gender in the barring in your profile pic

So you think it’s a cockerel?

 

[micstrachan]

I think it’s a pullet, but I don’t have cockerel experience. Keep us posted!