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

[Faraday40]

Ok, here are the rest of my 4-week olds. I paired them, for comparison purposes.


Changewing, the Easter Egger

If you look close at the pea comb, you'll see 3 rows. Females usually have 1 row & males have 3. There have been some cases where a female has 3 rows. However, if you see he slightest hint of pink, you can confirm it's a male.



Set #3, Jubilee Orpingtons. Charlotte (already posted her pics) on the left, Anne (Andrew?) on the right.
Yes, by looking at all the pics, he's an Andrew.
You have a nice pair.




Charlotte, left, and Anne, right. Anne is so much bigger!
In some lines of orps, the males feather out very slowly. See his porcupine look?


Thoughts on these?

 

[Faraday40]

7 week old ee

Looks much younger than 7 weeks. (Maybe 3-4 wks)
No signs of male yet

 

[Faraday40]

7 week ee

Has a hen pattern for now. Looks young, though. I can't see the comb which plays a big roll in guessing gender.

 

[Cerise1924]

Wow, that is fascinating! It will take some training for my eyes to see the rows in a pea comb, but I will look for that. Yes, I did notice that porcupine ridge, haha, but hadn't given it much thought. Thank you again!

 

[junebuggena]

Wow, that is fascinating! It will take some training for my eyes to see the rows in a pea comb, but I will look for that. Yes, I did notice that porcupine ridge, haha, but hadn't given it much thought. Thank you again!

Don't put too much faith in the three row thing. Most of the pullets I've hatched have three rows. Of the chicks with just a single row, about half end up males.

 

[camochick96]

Hello, I'm new to chickens and I have 2 EE chicks that are around 6 or 7 weeks old. I'm wondering if I have pullets or cockerels.

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And here's them side by side a good view of each comb.

Any help will be greatly appreciated, thanks!

 

[junebuggena]

Hello, I'm new to chickens and I have 2 EE chicks that are around 6 or 7 weeks old. I'm wondering if I have pullets or cockerels.

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And here's them side by side a good view of each comb.


Any help will be greatly appreciated, thanks!

#1 is a cockerel #2 is a pullet

 

[camochick96]

That's what I was thinking too, but I'm new at this so I wasn't sure. I was told they were both pullets when I got them, but as time went on i started thinking they looked a lot different. Thanks for the reply!

 

[foofarm]

1 silkie: loves me and loves cuddles

2 silkie: very shy kind of hates me cuddling with her

Both 8 weeks old

Any help? I'm about to start my own thread

 

[Chiksrus]

Hi All some updated pics - Blue Cochin around 7 weeks