Pullet or cockerel?

[Chick-N-Fun]

So, what about the black birds he is with? Any chance they are cockerels too? They were sold to me as Black Secxlinks, but they are the same size as the RIR

Pullets!

 

[RileyHomestead]

Pullets!

Thanks! I was worried, due to the fact they are the same size as the RIR! I know the rule of thumb about the males having a white spot on their heads and females being all black upon hatching. Just curious

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

I didn’t want a cockerel ‍

Post an add on Craigslist or look around at some local farms and see if you can find him a good home. Good luck!

 

[DobieLover]

So 100% cockerel?!?

I'd say closer to 90% at this age, but that's still pretty good odds you were duped.
The others look like pullets.

 

[RileyHomestead]

Post an add on Craigslist or look around at some local farms and see if you can find him a good home. Good luck!

Yes. I’ve been doing that and praying for a good outcome.

 

[RileyHomestead]

I'd say closer to 90% at this age, but that's still pretty good odds you were duped.
The others look like pullets.

- out of 10- only one cockerel and I paid for a pullet

 

[DobieLover]

Looks like the camera angle. I zoomed in to see and it looks like the light is just bouncing off the nostril.

I zoomed in too. It wasn't the reflection that caught my eye but the gap between the lids and the eyeball on the inside corner. The next set of photos posted also looks like a bulge is present.

 

[RileyHomestead]

What sickness would cause this?

 

[A_Fowl_Guy]

I zoomed in too. It wasn't the reflection that caught my eye but the gap between the lids and the eyeball on the inside corner. The next set of photos posted also looks like a bulge is present.

Yeah, now that I went back and looked it does look puffy around the eye.

 

[DobieLover]

- out of 10- only one cockerel and I paid for a pullet

When did you get them? As day old chicks?
Vent sexing usually comes with a 90% guarantee.