Pullet or Cockeral?

[SeriousEgger]

This is my 10 week old plymouth rock/cross mixed breed (mostly plymouth rock) and i had been thinking it was a cockeral until i did some research about plymouth rocks. They say the hens have more black then white and the black stripes on their feet. Let me know please!

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

He's definitely a male. In pure barred birds, males have two copies of barring gene (leading to lighter appearance) and females have one. With mixes of barred and non-barred birds males and females both have maximum of one copy making the darker color irrelevant

 

[SeriousEgger]

He's definitely a male. In pure barred birds, males have two copies of barring gene (leading to lighter appearance) and females have one. With mixes of barred and non-barred birds males and females both have maximum of one copy making the darker color irrelevant

Ah dang! I was hoping he was a female because we have only gotten 2 hens out of 9!! Pretty sure he’s a male too?

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

Both birds are definitely cockerels

 

[OrpingtonManiac]

Cockerel

 

[WingItRanch]

Agreed. Both birds pictured are cockerels.

 

[SeriousEgger]

Agreed. Both birds pictured are cockerels.