Nooo these 2 have me confused now 😩

[Parrot_mum]

His comb and wattles were huge and red from very young

 

[bill3607]

This is what I would be concerned with. Looks like male hackles and male saddle feathers starting to come in.

 

[bill3607]

@The Moonshiner

Are these half Leghorn cockerels?

 

[Parrot_mum]

This is what I would be concerned with. Looks like male hackles and male saddle feathers starting to come in.

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Checked those and they are still rounded feathers. They have only just started their baby moult so just a little scruffy. Will keep an eye on those feathers too though. It’s the tail feathers that have changed so much

 

[Parrot_mum]

@The Moonshiner

Are these half Leghorn cockerels?

The father is our Blue Barnevelder and mothers are leghorns

 

[bill3607]

Checked those and they are still rounded feathers. They have only just started their baby moult so just a little scruffy. Will keep an eye on those feathers too though. It’s the tail feathers that have changed so much

I wouldn't be concerned about the tail. That is not how to tell a cockerel from a pullet. Those look like male hackle feathers, though. That tail looks like a Leghorn tail to me. I only have one hen White Leghorn, but she has that tall tail and it was pronounced as a pullet.

 

[The Moonshiner]

@The Moonshiner

Are these half Leghorn cockerels?

Not getting into this one.
Seems odd that Leghorns and Barnevelder both have yellow shanks but those two don't.

 

[bill3607]

Not getting into this one.
Seems odd that Leghorns and Barnevelder both have yellow shanks but those two don't.

I didn't see that. I was too busy looking at those hackles

 

[Parrot_mum]

I wouldn't be concerned about the tail. That is not how to tell a cockerel from a pullet. Those look like male hackle feathers, though. That tail looks like a Leghorn tail to me. I only have one hen White Leghorn, but she has that tall tail and it was pronounced as a pullet.

Ah ok. I knew the tails were

I wouldn't be concerned about the tail. That is not how to tell a cockerel from a pullet. Those look like male hackle feathers, though. That tail looks like a Leghorn tail to me. I only have one hen White Leghorn, but she has that tall tail and it was pronounced as a pullet.

yes the mothers have tall tails but not seen it curve over and the feathers have pointed tips like these babies. Will keep an eye on saddle and hackle feathers to see what happens over the next couple of weeks.

 

[Parrot_mum]

Not getting into this one.
Seems odd that Leghorns and Barnevelder both have yellow shanks but those two don't.

They were raised in an incubator and then brooder. Only been out on green grass the last few days so they will yellow up like their parents