Pullet or cockerel?

[kellielutz]

Here is the one that hasn't flopped over yet!

 

[kellielutz]

I must have all hens then? These are the most confusing birds I've ever had!

 

[kellielutz]

So is there an easy way to tell hen from rooster at this age(61/2 months)?

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

So is there an easy way to tell hen from rooster at this age(61/2 months)?

At this age all cockerels will have grown pointed saddle and hackle feathers and will act like boys. Most pullets at this age are laying and all will have rounded feathers

 

[kellielutz]

I'm pretty sure this is a rooster but I'll take a second opinion!

 

[NatureChica]

Yep my sure fire way (as a 12 year old at the time) with leghorns was watching who laid the eggs and who behaved like a rooster (strutting, preening, chasing after hens...). Their skinny little bodies dont tell much. Roosters should be bigger than hens...but I had at least one runt.

 

[Cowgirl71]

So is there an easy way to tell hen from rooster at this age(61/2 months)?

At this age all cockerels will have grown pointed saddle and hackle feathers and will act like boys. Most pullets at this age are laying and all will have rounded feathers

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Any cockerels would also definitely be crowing by now. Both of your Leghorns are pullets.

 

[kellielutz]

At this age all cockerels will have grown pointed saddle and hackle feathers and will act like boys. Most pullets at this age are laying and all will have rounded feathers

Thanks I've never raised white leg horns before(they were an oops on the stores behalf )

 

[kellielutz]

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Yep my sure fire way (as a 12 year old at the time) with leghorns was watching who laid the eggs and who behaved like a rooster (strutting, preening, chasing after hens...). Their skinny little bodies dont tell much. Roosters should be bigger than hens...but I had at least one runt.[/quote
Well I haven't seen any of them doing any of that I guess i just have at late layer! Good thing because I almost gave that one away!

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

I'm pretty sure this is a rooster but I'll take a second opinion!

What's it's age? To me it appears to be a pullet