Is this mix a boy or girl?

[Patchworkjo]

Hello as soon as it hatched I was convinced it was a boy but now I am not so certain. Can anyone help?

It is 4.5 weeks old, from a mixed bantam flock (Polish, Sablepoot, Frizzle, Pekin and Dutch Bantams). Very confident and nosy bird, and has grown and feathered really fast (> x2 that of its hatch mate). I put the pictures on the gender thread but they got lost in all the others I think? Or I messed up the posting?!! I think he/she is rather fine......

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Thanks for looking

 

[featheredplanets]

Still just a little young to know for certain, but my guess is she’s a pullet

 

[Patchworkjo]

Oh I hope so. I have space for one boy and two growing chicks with no known gender...yet! Funny how attached you get to them.

 

[Patchworkjo]

I thought I would wait until they were fully grown. Polly is definitely a he! Luckily we think he is rather handsome if enormous for a bantam....

 

[2ndTink]

Ooh, he's very striking!

 

[Allthefloofs]

I really, really want to see what your chick looks like when it grows up! That little crest and the beautiful black markings are just so beautiful! Your rooster is glorious!

 

[The Happster]

I thought I would wait until they were fully grown. Polly is definitely a he! Luckily we think he is rather handsome if enormous for a bantam....View attachment 2427140View attachment 2427141View attachment 2427142

He's turned out stunning.

He really did look quite girly as a chick.

 

[Patchworkjo]

Yes many said so and I hoped, but he is a happy and handsome boy, and once held will sette. I think may be quite unusual for a boy? He feeds his girls before himself...always. Quite the gentleman!