Pullet or cockerel blue Andalusian?

[lilbeastpdx]

Do any of you experts out there know if this is a pullets or a cockerel. She is eight weeks old now. Thanks for the advice.

 

[Michael OShay]

With a comb and wattles that large and red at 8 weeks, you have a cockerel. Sorry (

 

[lilbeastpdx]

I wondered the same. But the feathers look like a hen to me and the breeder said that breed has huge combs, boy or girl, so I'm not sure. Thanks for the feedback though.

 

[junebuggena]

The male feathering won't be visible for another couple weeks. That comb screams cockerel. Girls of any breed don't go bright pink until they are almost laying age.

 

[Michael OShay]

I wondered the same. But the feathers look like a hen to me and the breeder said that breed has huge combs, boy or girl, so I'm not sure. Thanks for the feedback though.

More than the size of the comb, it's the redness of the comb at 8 weeks that makes me think cockerel. I hope for your sake I'm wrong. )

 

[lilbeastpdx]

Oh wow. I did not know that about the comb coloring. I'm just tired of waiting. Hehe

 

[BantamLover21]

I'm thinking cockerel.

 

[Wyandottes7]

Looks like a cockerel to me.

 

[lilbeastpdx]

Then that means I may have three cockerels out of the five. Bummer. :/

 

[lilbeastpdx]

One of the birds is now crowing, and this one is still chirping like a new born. But the wattles and comb are huge now. The breeder insists it is a hen because she says blue andalusians have huge combs. I guess time will tell. Once one starts crowing, the other two will probably learn quickly too, no?