Please confirm naked neck cockerel

[Slothinc]

Hello, here is a 10 week old NN cockerel… just wanted to confirm that he is a cockerel! He has so much red on him, so I think that’s a good inductor that he is male. The comb is such a weird shape. But fairly flat. Not much for wattles yet.

He is half OE and half NN silkie. Confirmation on gender would be great before I give him away.

 

[igorsMistress]

I don’t see any red on this chick except skin and that is perfectly normal.

Olive eggers are mutts, not a breed; silkies are notoriously difficult to sex. I wouldn’t be able to say either way.

Turkens are a breed, commonly called Naked Necks. This chick is not that, it’s a mutt. Nothing wrong with that at all.

 

[Slothinc]

I don’t see any red on this chick except skin and that is perfectly normal.

Olive eggers are mutts, not a breed; silkies are notoriously difficult to sex. I wouldn’t be able to say either way.

Turkens are a breed, commonly called Naked Necks. This chick is not that, it’s a mutt. Nothing wrong with that at all.

Thank you @igorsMistress - Sorry if I mislabeled him as being a naked neck. I tend to call all my chickens with that gene NN. He definitely isn’t a turken. Thank you for the info - maybe the red skin is in the realm of normal. I have seen some female turkens with red skin but since he isn’t a turken I wasn’t sure.

I have a same-age, full blood sibling of this chick that seems to be more female looking because her comb is even flatter, and she has no red skin. I’ll attach a pic of her just in case it makes it more obvious that the white chick is male.

I guess that I should continue growing him out just to be sure. But if anyone thinks that he’s for sure a male, then I won’t keep growing him out here.

 

[GlicksChicks]

That comb looks male to me, but the head crest is very organized like a female. So this one could go either way, definitely inherited the difficulty from silkies

 

[Slothinc]

That comb looks male to me, but the head crest is very organized like a female. So this one could go either way, definitely inherited the difficulty from silkies

lol I think you’re right! The comb does look like it leans male - I havent ever seen a comb like this. Im guessing that his hairdo will start getting a little more crazy and full of streamers soon… I guess that will be my sure sign haha!

 

[Slothinc]

Honestly for the white chick it is the lack of wattles that had me the most suspicious. Since he has no beard I would have thought he would have wattles coming in by now. But maybe he is just late.

 

[GlicksChicks]

lol I think you’re right! The comb does look like it leans male - I havent ever seen a comb like this. Im guessing that his hairdo will start getting a little more crazy and full of streamers soon… I guess that will be my sure sign haha!

All you are waiting for is the crazy hair! Usually when they start coming they are obvious