Is my pullet Lucy actually a cockerel??

[emilyweir]

Hello! In May we got 6 chicks, two of which I think were a week or two old and the other four only a few days. They were all supposed to be female and are all different breeds but we’re starting to wonder if our Australorp is actually a male. (S)he is one of the older ones, so about 12 weeks currently. She makes really loud noises that aren’t quite a crow but aren’t a cluck either. It only happens when the chickens on the other side of the fence (all mature females) are chatting at them and they all go back and forth with it. And the more obvious thing that’s got me thinking is the pronounced comb and waddle.

 

[SeaCity]

Looks like Lucy is Luke.

 

[CaliforniaMountainChicks]

Lucy is a cockerel! He has the pointy, thin male specific saddle feathers!

 

[T-R-O-U-B-L-E]

Definitely a cockerel.

 

[Animal Export]

Cockerel

 

[Folly's place]

Luke? Lucas? Not Lucy!
Mary

 

[SilverBirds]

He is a male. Notice the larger comb nd wattles and the long saddle feathers.

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

Cockeral

 

[high5]

Luke? Lucas? Not Lucy!
Mary

Maybe it would simplify matters if Lucy 'identified' as a pullet!

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Biologically…that’s a cockerel.