Pullet or Cockerel

[Amandabarn]

I have 2 black copper maran and olive egger crosses. They are 7 weeks. Any input on whether they are cockerels or pullets?

 

[nuthatched]

How many birds are you asking about? I see cockerels out of the black birds that I can see their combs

 

[Boomboomboyo]

Im kinda thinking pullet but I can’t tell due to the comb not being fully grown

 

[Amandabarn]

How many birds are you asking about? I see cockerels out of the black birds that I can see their combs

2 birds. The gray one and the black one.

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

I say two cockerels, the blue (gray) one for sure, and the black one a strong possibility.

 

[Amandabarn]

I say two cockerels, the blue (gray) one for sure, and the black one a strong possibility.

Thank you. We’ve thought that too but my friend has some from the same hatch and they have big wattles and a lot bigger comb already so they had me guessing still. What gives it away for the gray one?

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

Thank you. We’ve thought that too but my friend has some from the same hatch and they have big wattles and a lot bigger comb already so they had me guessing still. What gives it away for the gray one?

That big red comb. A pullet of the same age would have a tiny pale comb. Also his feet are very big, which, while not a definite sign of a cockerel, is an indicator in that direction. Your friend’s birds may be cockerels as well, if their combs are even more red.