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[JeanetteMack]

Hi I have just started keeping chickens - have 3 hens - well at least I think they are - one in particular not sure - very dominant over other two- any ideas - cockerel or hen

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Hi

Glad you could join us here! How old is your bird? It does look rather red with pronounced wattles and comb. Is it more red than your other ones?

We do have a what breed gender section you could pop by ~ https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/15/what-breed-or-gender-is-this

 

[JeanetteMack]

I have three Sussex they are all 11 weeks

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

That's quite red for 11 weeks, are your others as red?

 

[JeanetteMack]

This is the other one - I have a buff color but that's not very red and hardly any comb

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[Yorkshire Coop]

Looking at the tails they don't look like cockerels.
Have you heard any crowing?

 

[JeanetteMack]

No not yet - that's what i thought they are not very pointed at the end - presume if they start crowing that's when it will be obvious?

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Yes if you hear crowing you have a boy. I'm 50/50 with these right now as the redness makes me think cockerel but the tails make me think pullet.
Did you buy them from a breeder as female?

 

[JeanetteMack]

Yes all three from the same breeder from the South West Scotland poultry group / I wanted hens

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

With the tails as they are I would say pullet, some females do and can become redder earlier than others even of the same breed. While you don't have crowing, your all good