Padovana, are them all pullets? (3 months old)

Altairsky

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Here is a pic. I just can't believe they're really all pullets. What's your opinion?
 

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I think they are all pullets. The only one I am questioning is #1. If you have a picture of its face, it might be easier to tell (to see the comb and wattles.)
 
I'll try to take a better pic tomorrow. My plan was to send them to freezer camp as soon as possible but females sell decently so maybe they're gonna be lucky. (yep I'm from padova and Padovana chickens are pretty common here. Grilled Padovana chicken is a traditional delicacy served at all agricultural festivals, and it's one bird per person. Another local breed we use for meat is the bantam Pepoi. Traditionally it's always one whole grilled bird per person)
 
So I had to catch them all to cut their crest because I had another one that went completely blind. 2 of them were blind and they were all pullets (number 1 and 3). The only one that had the eyes free from the crest feathers is probably a male (number 2): his crest was straighter, more upwards, and I can see a little bit of red on his comb.
Sadly I didn't take pictures because I was already struggling doing an hairstyle to basically feral birds.
 

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