Pullet or Roo?

[Emily1234]

Hey awesome chicken peeps!! I was given some eggs for my momma hen to hatch and a few babies have me STUMPED, this one in particular! It’s solid black and has a little Mohawk! It’s also VERY skittish and flighty! Roo or Pullet? It’s 8 weeks old will be 9 weeks in 3 days!

 

[WIchickMama]

I am leaning towards pullet but crested birds are not my specialty, hopefully someone with a little more experience can give you a definite answer.

 

[Emily1234]

I am leaning towards pullet but crested birds are not my specialty, hopefully someone with a little more experience can give you a definite answer.

Thankyou!! That gives me a little hope! I’m going try and snap pics of the others later on and post to see if anyone can help with them too!

 

[SilverBirds]

Pullet.

 

[Floof]

It looks like my legbar sex links so I'm going to vote female!

Edit to clarify: legbar crossed with a solid non white rooster makes black sexlinks. Here's one of mine!

The top one has a crest and a beard because I used a black ameraucana male over my legbar female. The bottom one is a different cross but still a sexlink. They have black feet just like yours too

 

[Emily1234]

Pullet.

Thankyou!! I was hoping so! If you don’t mind, could you tell me what makes you say that?

 

[Emily1234]

It looks like my legbar sex links so I'm going to vote female!

Edit to clarify: legbar crossed with a solid non white rooster makes black sexlinks. Here's one of mine!
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The top one has a crest and a beard because I used a black ameraucana male over my legbar female. The bottom one is a different cross but still a sexlink. They have black feet just like yours too

Oh yay! I hope so!! Thankyou so much for explaining!!!

 

[HappyClucker7]

Pullet

 

[Emily1234]

Thankyou!!

Pullet

 

[SilverBirds]

Thankyou!! I was hoping so! If you don’t mind, could you tell me what makes you say that?

A cock would have a much larger comb and wattle at that age. Hers are very small.