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

[Wishing4Wings]

Thanks for everyone's help on helping me with the sexing of my roo. Hopefully I will have a hen with this oe. Does anyone have an idea about this one?

Pullet. Small pale comb, and a cockerel would have red wing patches by now.

 

[junebuggena]

Thanks for everyone's help on helping me with the sexing of my roo. Hopefully I will have a hen with this oe. Does anyone have an idea about this one?

Female specific coloring.

 

[junebuggena]

This is the 4 month old

I can see the back feathering much better in this photo. It's a pullet. She should be laying in about a month.

 

[junebuggena]

This is almost 3 months.

Definitely pullet with that pale comb.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

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They both look like pullets.

 

[WVduckchick]

These are only 6 weeks old, but one is obviously male, could the other 4 be female, or does the coloring indicate anything?
Parents - golden comet hens, covered by Light Brahma cock.

3 are white with black markings like the Brahma, 2 are almost all white.

Parents

 

[junebuggena]

These are only 6 weeks old, but one is obviously male, could the other 4 be female, or does the coloring indicate anything?
Parents - golden comet hens, covered by Light Brahma cock.

3 are white with black markings like the Brahma, 2 are almost all white.

Parents

Coloring is no indication of gender. When it comes to color sexlinks, it's the hen that is the important factor. Gold Sexlink hens lack the necessary genes to produce sexlinked chicks. The Brahma rooster will pass his silver base color to all his chicks. The Gold sexlinks have one copy of dominant white. That is what is responsible for only half the chicks showing patterning. Dominant white only affects black patterning, turning any black, into white. You can't see white patterning on a silver base color.

 

[Princess122179]

Pullet on the bottom. Can't see the one up top properly.

That's good news...we wanted to see easter egg colored eggs. LOl But it totally confirms I have no idea what I'm looking at. I was certain I was seeing those pointy male feathers everyone was explaining on her....LOL

Thanks for the help

 

[junebuggena]

That's good news...we wanted to see easter egg colored eggs. LOl But it totally confirms I have no idea what I'm looking at. I was certain I was seeing those pointy male feathers everyone was explaining on her....LOL

Thanks for the help

If you want to know what 'pointy' male feathers look like, just take a good hard look at your 'red sexlinks'. Those two have very obvious pointed saddle feathers. The thing is, those feathers aren't usually visible until about 12 weeks or later.

 

[WVduckchick]

Coloring is no indication of gender. When it comes to color sexlinks, it's the hen that is the important factor. Gold Sexlink hens lack the necessary genes to produce sexlinked chicks. The Brahma rooster will pass his silver base color to all his chicks. The Gold sexlinks have one copy of dominant white. That is what is responsible for only half the chicks showing patterning. Dominant white only affects black patterning, turning any black, into white. You can't see white patterning on a silver base color.

Oh good. So I can still hold out hope for 4 and 1

You had told me that they could look like the Brahma, but I couldn't find the exact post to see if the sexes inherited anything differently. So thanks again.

Now, if I get rid of the father, and use that one son over all the girls (when he gets bigger of course) would the next generation have the same colorings? (with the comets and his sisters?)