Not Sure If You've Got A Pullet Or Cockerel? Click Here! Thread 2

[jenniferlamar70]

Hi all! I am a first time chicken owner, with a small back yard flock of 6 heritage breed chickens. They are all 11 weeks old. I have a BO which I suspect is a cockerel. Clementine is not aggressive, but she/he has dominant to all the other birds from Day 1. However, she/he is my sweetest lap chicken, and I cannot bear to re-home her if it turns out she is actually "Clem". Tail feathers Hackle feathers In addition to these images, I can also attest that her feet are big for her body, and her plumage has spots of extremely bright orange, shiny feathers mixed in with the more "matte" feathers. My lavender Orp does not show this plumage pattern. She/he is not crowing, but on 2 separate occasions in the early morning she made a strange moaning noise that could have been a practice crow. If this is a cockerel I will have him caponized, but I need to know for sure before we open him up and go digging for his gold nuggets.

Looks like a pullet

 

[junebuggena]

Hi all! I am a first time chicken owner, with a small back yard flock of 6 heritage breed chickens. They are all 11 weeks old. I have a BO which I suspect is a cockerel. Clementine is not aggressive, but she/he has dominant to all the other birds from Day 1. However, she/he is my sweetest lap chicken, and I cannot bear to re-home her if it turns out she is actually "Clem".












Tail feathers






Hackle feathers







In addition to these images, I can also attest that her feet are big for her body, and her plumage has spots of extremely bright orange, shiny feathers mixed in with the more "matte" feathers. My lavender Orp does not show this plumage pattern. She/he is not crowing, but on 2 separate occasions in the early morning she made a strange moaning noise that could have been a practice crow.

If this is a cockerel I will have him caponized, but I need to know for sure before we open him up and go digging for his gold nuggets.

At 11 weeks old, that's a cockerel.

 

[homestead 101]

I think I have two pullets and a roi, please help me.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

I think I have two pullets and a roi, please help me.

Too young to know for sure, but I see that comb you are worried about.

 

[MontanaChickDoc]

These are two pics of the same red bird (Welsummer?), and one of a black bird (Australorp? white feet bottoms)

 

[Wishing4Wings]

These are two pics of the same red bird (Welsummer?), and one of a black bird (Australorp? white feet bottoms)

How old? The Welsummer is getting a black breast, which means it is a cockerel. Australorp has big comb and wattles, so probably male, but depends on the age.

 

[MontanaChickDoc]

Sorry, duh they are both 5 weeks. I tried to post these last night from my phone with limited success!

 

[annarborchicks]

7 week-old pullet or roo?
Any input is appreciated!

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Sorry, duh they are both 5 weeks. I tried to post these last night from my phone with limited success!

Oh, 5 weeks, you have cockerels for sure.

Here are some pics, just for comparison, so you can see why yours look like cockerels.


Australorp pullet around 8 weeks (small comb, no wattles)


and the same bird at about 6 months.




7 wk Welsummer pullet



same bird as an adult

 

[junebuggena]

7 week-old pullet or roo?
Any input is appreciated!

That chick is only about 5 weeks old, at most. And it's a pullet.