Ive got another chick I'm unsure about

[kfry0616]

Pullet or cockeral? I'm leaning toward cockeral. 13-14 weeks old

 

[black_cat]

Definitely cockerel.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Hi there, hope you are enjoying BYC!

I agree, that's a cockerel. Most breeds will start to sport their gender differentiated saddle feathers starting around 12 weeks..

Not true for hen feathered breeds like Seabright, etc.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Pullet or cockeral? I'm leaning toward cockeral. 13-14 weeks old
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Buff Orpington cockerel. But they are some of the sweetest boys around.

 

[black_cat]

Hi there, hope you are enjoying BYC!

I agree, that's a cockerel. Most breeds will start to sport their gender differentiated saddle feathers starting around 12 weeks..
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Not true for hen feathered breeds like Seabright, etc.

Sorry to interrupt the flow of the thread, but by 'hen feathered' you mean that you can't sex the chickens by looking at the feathers like with most? Is the only way to sex them the 'crows or lays' method?

 

[kfry0616]

Buff Orpington cockerel. But they are some of the sweetest boys around.

Yes that's what my rooster is, and he's really sweet.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Sorry to interrupt the flow of the thread, but by 'hen feathered' you mean that you can't sex the chickens by looking at the feathers like with most? Is the only way to sex them the 'crows or lays' method?

Yup! Roos have hen saddles in that breed.

 

[black_cat]

Yup! Roos have hen saddles in that breed.

*is shocked to the core*

 

[TheOddOneOut]

*is shocked to the core*

Lol! I was shocked too. I was like ‘What?! No....What?! No......WHAT?!....no.....’ So like that breed literally said ‘bleep the methods. Roos, put on your hen costumes.’

 

[black_cat]

Lol! I was shocked too. I was like ‘What?! No....What?! No......WHAT?!....no.....So that breed literally said ‘bleep the methods. Roos, put on you hen costumes.’

I want to get sebrights at some point...I'll just have to make sure that MyPetChicken's bantam sexing works out, because saddle feathers are my main way to sex birds!
Edit: NO! They don't have sebrights!!! Now I'm going to have to get a whole bunch of straight run chicks from another hatchery to hopefully get all the breeds that I'd like