New pics on PG 2 of snowball without the muddy crest...Boy or girl?

[Teresaann24]

I asked about snowball once and everyone agreed snowball was a she. Snowball is almost 6 months old. She has a single comb that has grown slight bigger in the past month with color. I think snowball may be a he???

Pictures of Muddy snowball...

 

[Teresaann24]

More of muddy head snowball...lol

 

[Year of the Rooster]

The muddy head doesn't really help...

But if I had to guess I would say she (if it really is a she) is getting close to laying.

 

[Teresaann24]

I know the muddy head really throws you off...but we have had almost 8 days of nonstop rain. Snow ball is disabled she lost all her toes during the ice storm in ky and I have her in a pen with other disabled chickens. I need to know so badly because I'd like to keep snowball but so far I only have girls in that pen and dont wanna add roos for breeding. If snowball is a boy he has to go...because I have my little crossed beak buff from Ideal I keep in that pen.

 

[Chickenmaven]

SNOWBOY!

Our dainty Miss Angel became MR. Angel at around 7 months. Started mating the girls.

 

[georgialee]

If I HAD to say I would say boy due to the fact that it looks like he has streamers. If it's just the mud and he/she's normally just all fluff than I many change my opinion.

 

[Teresaann24]

snowball usally has a big ole poofy head...

Snowball a few weeks ago..

 

[shay20]

did you say a single comb?
silkies have a walnut comb.

I say Pullet.

 

[luvmychicknkids]

If you don't want to have babies from the handicapped pen, then you don't have to hatch the eggs, even if they are fertile. It is soooooo easy to control chicken breeding. That is one thing I love about them!!!

Unless you just don't want the the girls to have the added stress of being mated then I would keep him even if he is a boy.

 

[Teresaann24]

yes snowball has a single comb..Snowballs daddy was throwing singled comb chicks. He was rehomed before snowball was ever hatched my hen was broody when I rehomed snowballs daddy.