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

[ambe0487]

Okay I have a couple more that I would like you'll to take a look at to see what you think on sexes. They are 7 weeks

1. Spike-

2. Osti- Our Naked Neck EE has blue Kote on it's back from the brooder mates pecking at it's neck a couple weeks ago. It's bow-tie has brown through out and it has black feathers popping up randomly.

3. Pipsqueek- I believe it is a bantam but it has been super slow to feather but doesn't show any rooster characteristics yet. I coudn't get a comb shot.

4. Blu

I got a couple more of pipsqueek.

 

[fairie]

9weeks old

 

[junebuggena]

So a week later I am pretty sure these are hens after comparing them to the others that you said last week were Roosters. 9 weeks old (September 20th).
#1 on the left

#1

#1

#2

#2


and here is the unknown left? right?

At 9 weeks, all cockerels. Combs are too pink. And the two unknowns have red/gold coming in on the shoulder, that's a male trait.

 

[AlleysChicks]

Agreed. If they were pullets the combs would still be yellow.

 

[Petra Pancake]

Okay, the eternal question: are my two chicks cockerels? pullets? one of each? They are about 6 weeks old (not entirely clear). Mixed breed, Baladi type (Middle Eastern traditional barnyard mix). The black one is quite a bit bigger than the brown one but they are siblings from the same clutch, raised by their mother who is partially visible in the last two pictures. I couldn't get better photos as they are not really tame. Is it possible to tell from this?

 

[Heather94]

6 weeks old, mixed breeds. I believe the yellow is a pullet, I'm not sure about the other 2. I posted them at 4 weeks, and was told to post again in a few weeks, so here they are

 

[junebuggena]

6 weeks old, mixed breeds. I believe the yellow is a pullet, I'm not sure about the other 2. I posted them at 4 weeks, and was told to post again in a few weeks, so here they are

The last two are definitely male. I think the first one might be male as well, there is some red starting to come in on the wing.

 

[Heather94]

The last two are definitely male. I think the first one might be male as well, there is some red starting to come in on the wing.

Figures lol. I'll post the yellow one again in a week or so. I believe his/her mom to be a RIR, as far as I know, she and my polish were the only ones laying at the time the chick was hatched, could that cause the red on the wing?

I am absolutely new to this, so genuinely asking lol

 

[junebuggena]

Figures lol. I'll post the yellow one again in a week or so. I believe his/her mom to be a RIR, as far as I know, she and my polish were the only ones laying at the time the chick was hatched, could that cause the red on the wing?

I am absolutely new to this, so genuinely asking lol

Females can only have one gene for base color, either red/gold or silver. Females can not have both. Only males can have both silver and red genes. The silver is dominant, and the red expresses on the wing/shoulder.

 

[Heather94]

Females can only have one gene for base color, either red/gold or silver. Females can not have both. Only males can have both silver and red genes. The silver is dominant, and the red expresses on the wing/shoulder.

Ok that makes sense. Thank you so much for explaining that!