Is this EE a cockerel?

[Nickie616]

The EE's we got from TSC are now 8 weeks old and one of them has a different comb than the rest. Is this one a cockerel?

the center one is the bird in question

back view

top view

side view

pullets from same batch

pullet with a BCM (cockerel) from a hatch of our own

pullets with BCM's

bird in question is second from left

 

[NickyPick]

Yep. A cockerel. You can see the red splotches in his feathering - a sure sign.

 

[Nickie616]

Thank you. That's what I figured. And he is SO pretty too! Darn! lol

 

[Chicken Girl1]

Yep. A cockerel. You can see the red splotches in his feathering - a sure sign.

and his tail feathers are screaming it.

 

[BantamLover21]

Cockerel.

 

[Wyandottes7]

It's a male.