Not Sure if You've Got a Pullet or a Cockerel? Click here! thread 3

[junebuggena]

Cockerell or Hen...
Definetly a Pullet .. Approx 4 months old

Exact age in weeks? I'm thinking pullet, but I'm not sure about this one.

 

[summerb123]

That is a cockerel looks slower developed though

 

[BantamLover21]

That is a cockerel looks slower developed though

Agreed

 

[Chicken Flowers]

These 3 birds are exactly 2 months old. A long time ago we determined that #1 is a rooster and #3 is a hen, but, still, we can't decide about #2. They all have the same parents.
Do you think #2 is a pullet or cockerel?
Thank you!

 

[Faraday40]

Do I have a challenge for you!

I normally can tell my male orps by 4 wks b/c they get HUGE pink combs & wattles very early. Well this chick is 1/2 from my giant lav orp line, but the mama hen is a mauve orp given to me by a friend. His birds are smaller & his males tend to grow feathers more slowly. (My orps are all pretty fast feathering, so for me it was always all about the comb.) This chick was fully feathered by 4 weeks.


5.5 weeks old




6 weeks old

"HER" comb is so small, but "HIS" wattles look so darn red.


Sometimes I think male.







Other times she's screaming pullet.






What's the gender?

 

[ChickenLover200]

I want to say slow developing cockerel, but not 100% sure

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

Also thinking cockerel.

 

[ambabya]

Anyone else?

Girls, but I'm not sure on the Polish

 

[Faraday40]

I want to say slow developing cockerel, but not 100% sure

Not sure if it helps or makes it more confusing, but I have the Parents of above chick:


The dad was easy to tell, but this one's mama was unique.
Dad at 5-6 wks (upper left)

Dad at 12 wks (his sisters in background)

*There a small chance that our black orp is the father, but grew a big pink comb by 3 weeks.

The mom came from a diff line. Here she was at 6.5 wks.
"Oopsie" is a strange, but beautiful & friendly, orp. At hatch she looked like a mauve, but feathers grew in white. After breeding her, we now know that she is genetically a mauve but must carry some recessive white genes.

 

[ChickenLover200]

That's a tough one, but after comparing to the Mom, this one is looking more like a pullet