Just need some backing up that this is a cockerel

[Logar]

Hi! This is Princess my light Brahma and while I am confident that he is a cockerel, my mom still thinks he is a pullet. He is 12 weeks old as of yesterday. What do you think?

 

[DobieLover]

I think you should listen to your mother.

 

[Logar]

I think you should listen to your mother.

This was it at 6 or 7 weeks

And what about it makes you think it is a pullet?

 

[SourRoses]

Pullet.
Look at those rounded saddle feathers!

It's common for pullets to get pink or red combs as they grow.
Using the color of comb to determine gender works best when you have chicks of the same breed growing side by side to compare. Sometimes it comes down to "red" and "really red".

 

[Logar]

Pullet.
Look at those rounded saddle feathers!

It's common for pullets to get pink or red combs as they grow.
Using the color of comb to determine gender works best when you have chicks of the same breed growing side by side to compare. Sometimes it comes down to "red" and "really red".

I do have a dark Brahma pullet who despite being the same size or even slightly larger has a comb about 75% smaller and has 0 color development. And I was thinking that the round saddle feathers are probably because Brahmas are a slow developing breed.

 

[fowltemptress]

She's a beautiful pullet!

 

[SourRoses]

I do have a dark Brahma pullet who despite being the same size or even slightly larger has a comb about 75% smaller and has 0 color development. And I was thinking that the round saddle feathers are probably because Brahmas are a slow developing breed.

Different color also means different bloodline / genetics at work.

The saddle feathers aren't age dependent like that.

Princess retains her title, as I'm sure she's been trying to tell you...

 

[Logar]

weird. A while ago I posted a thread about it and it seemed like everyone thought it was a pullet then I posted another one and everyone agreed it was a cockerel and now we are back to pullet. At this point I think Princess just enjoys confusing me. And now that I am convinced she is a pullet, princess will decide to start crowing tomorrow

 

[Logar]

Here is another picture just for fun

 

[fowltemptress]

I just looked up your old threads and Princess looked like a pullet in all of them, so I wouldn't worry about it if I were you.