Pekin Sexing

[Gray Farms]

Here they are recognised as their own breed and they only come as bantams. Cochins are are different breed.

Out of curiosity I did some digging into the differences. Not trying to prove you wrong or me right, just curiosity. Pekins and Cochin bantams are the same breed just with different names depending on what country. The UK recognizes them as Pekins "as your well aware and stated" and the US recognizes them as Cochin bantams. Large breed Cochins however are not the same as Cochin bantams "just larger". Large breed Cochins and Cochin bantams "Pekins" have different breeding in their background/development. This I was totally unaware of and a little surprised. I always assumed Cochin bantams were bred down from the large breed.

 

[featheredplanets]

Out of curiosity I did some digging into the differences. Not trying to prove you wrong or me right, just curiosity. Pekins and Cochin bantams are the same breed just with different names depending on what country. The UK recognizes them as Pekins "as your well aware and stated" and the US recognizes them as Cochin bantams. Large breed Cochins however are not the same as Cochin bantams "just larger". Large breed Cochins and Cochin bantams "Pekins" have different breeding in their background/development. This I was totally unaware of and a little surprised. I always assumed Cochin bantams were bred down from the large breed.

That’s cool and all but I don’t see how this helps in sexing them? Which is why I posted...

 

[Gray Farms]

Bantams mature faster than large fowl. Which was the purpose of my original question. And ultimately how I got sidetracked. At 5 weeks with the comb and wattle development and redness I'd say they are both cockerels.

 

[drumstick diva]

agree with Gray Farms

 

[featheredplanets]

Bantams mature faster than large fowl. Which was the purpose of my original question. And ultimately how I got sidetracked. At 5 weeks with the comb and wattle development and redness I'd say they are both cockerels.

Thank you.

 

[featheredplanets]

Update. 6 weeks and 5 days. Thoughts? @Gray Farms Still cockerels?

Those chicks are 6 weeks old too.

 

[AusHen]

Both pullets

 

[Gray Farms]

They are awfully red for so young but not a lot of comb growth... I'm on the fence.

 

[featheredplanets]

They are awfully red for so young but not a lot of comb growth... I'm on the fence.

I’ll update next week

 

[Frazzemrat1]

They look like pullets to me.