Please tell me this isnt a Roo~12wks

[kurby22]

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How old is s/he? Can we see the comb a bit better? Looks about the same age as mine and I’m about 95% certain they’re pullets. Yes, the lavenders can get the shredded feathers, but also they just seem to be more fragile and break easily. I’m gonna say pullet, but it depends on age

 

[Momofthewild]

So...looks like definitely rooster huh? Those pointy saddle feathers I'm not going to get my blue eggs @kurby22

 

[kurby22]

Hmmm, I'm not an expert obviously, but I still don't see big signs of it being a boy. My one tiny girl has big back feathers that seem pointy but they're very wide...saddle feathers are super thin and there should be some by now I would think. Plus I would think the comb would be far more red by now, and usually the 3 rows of the pea comb are all equally evident whereas yours looks to have a main column but the two side ones are less noticeable. Perhaps some of the others see something I don't??

@TheOddOneOut, @ColtHandorf, @LadiesAndJane, @Overo Mare, @cherrynberry?

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

How old is s/he? Can we see the comb a bit better? Looks about the same age as mine and I’m about 95% certain they’re pullets. Yes, the lavenders can get the shredded feathers, but also they just seem to be more fragile and break easily. I’m gonna say pullet, but it depends on age

I now think this bird and the OP's are cockerels

 

[kurby22]

I now think this bird and the OP's are cockerels

This is the same bird, s/he is almost 18 weeks old. Wouldn’t the comb be way more red and bigger by now?

 

[mamabear6810]

I think male. Stance in last picture looks boy and face also looks boy. That along with the curved tail feathers, i think its a boy. But im not an expert!

 

[ColtHandorf]

With the terrible feather quality, it's hard to tell, but I'd lean towards both being cockerels.

 

[Painted Calls]

With the terrible feather quality, it's hard to tell, but I'd lean towards both being cockerels.

All I see is a shredded mess. Sexing lavs by saddles is so hard.

I would expect that comb to be more red for a cockerel at this age. I'm on the fence.

 

[Fluffy Lambs]

So...looks like definitely rooster huh? Those pointy saddle feathers I'm not going to get my blue eggs @kurby22 View attachment 2879918View attachment 2879919View attachment 2879920View attachment 2879921

I kind of think it's a pullet but I'm not really sure. I keep going back forth. Will you update in another 2 weeks?

 

[kurby22]

All I see is a shredded mess. Sexing lavs by saddles is so hard.

I would expect that comb to be more red for a cockerel at this age. I'm on the fence.

I know it’s very hard and I want very badly for them to be girls but the shredded feathering makes me crazy!! I have pulled up the back feathers to look for and they are broad but seem pointy but some of the feathers are sooo thin they are only visible in the sun that would round the feathers like a pullet. Blah! The hackles seem round too sighhh!