Jubilee Orpington, pullet or roo?

[pickachick]

He/she hatched on Feb. 28, so about five months old. I keep going back and forth in my head... "Look at those huge legs! Rooster!". "She has no tail feathers! Hen!"

I need an outside opinion. I've been staring at this bird for way too long!

 

[K Spot]

I'm going to say pullet - is she going through a moult?

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Pullet!

 

[pickachick]

Woohoo! Bless your hearts! lol

I don't believe she's moulting. Do birds that young moult? Forgive my ignorance... Why do you ask?

I will say this... her body feathers grew in painfully slow. She always had wing feathers but the rest of them took ages to come in.

 

[K Spot]

Woohoo! Bless your hearts! lol

I don't believe she's moulting. Do birds that young moult? Forgive my ignorance... Why do you ask?

I will say this... her body feathers grew in painfully slow. She always had wing feathers but the rest of them took ages to come in.

Yes I believe they can moult that young. My pullets have all moulted just before winter (I'm in Australia).

I only ask as she is very scrappy looking in the feathers, but if you're saying she's growing in feathers very slowly, then that's probably the reason why.