Is Blondie mr or mrs?

[Majestic Lane Poultry]

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[fordmommy]

Pullet

 

[Year of the Rooster]

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FYI - the neck feathers are called HACKLES. The tail feathers are the Sickles, and then the feathers at the base of the back/tail are Saddles.

I agree, Pullet.

 

[solarquail]

pullet

 

[catdaddyfro]

All the sex feathers of a male: neck(hackles), back(saddle), long tail feathers and wing bow feathers are pointed. Let me be clear except on hen feathered male breeds.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Um, no. Sickle feathers are the long curved feathers located over the main tail feathers of a male.

Hackle (neck) and Saddle (back) feathers are pointed, but are NOT called sickle feathers.

Here is a diagram to help illustrate what I am trying to portray:

There is also a glossary of terms located here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/LC-glossary.html

 

[catdaddyfro]

I stand corrected. Never to old to learn. I'm going to the library and find the book I thought I read that in. Now I've got an itchy brian gotta scratch it a little. At least I got a thumbs up on gender I think? I'll change my answer to: At 16 wks. you should be able to see some sex feathers coming in so I think I see a pullet of mixed origin. Chicken Sex 101.

 

[Tala]

Yep, Neck feathers are hackle feathers. The same is said of a dog "getting his hackles up" meaning the neck and top of shoulder area hairs, or in the rooster's case they are feathers - and both species puff them up when they are threateing something.

At 16 weeks a roo's comb/wattles are pretty obvious, as well as the feathering coming in - and I don't see any of that in the picture so I'm saying it's a pullet!

 

[Bantimna]

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I agree but I think it might be a mix.

 

[Brick243]

Little gal.