Can some one show me the difference between a Rhode Island Red pullet and a cockerel at about 9 weeks I have three and I’m pretty sure they are all pullets but maybe if I can see the difference I can tell what mine are
If they all look alike, they are probably all the same gender.
if no-one is crowing yet, they are probably not males.
Photos can be found in these threads:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/rhode-island-red-pullet-or-cockerel.1505035/
This one shows a Rhode Island Red pullet, age 11-12 weeks
If yours have small combs and small wattles like her, you have pullets too.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/rhode-island-red-gender-guess.1522728/
This one has a Rhode Island Red cockerel, about 3 months old.
There is a second Rhode Island Red the same age, but the people responding could not agree on whether the second one was male or female.
As you can see, that cockerel has a comb & wattles that are much bigger and redder than the pullet in the other thread. Since yours are 9 weeks, they will not have quite that much comb and wattles if they are male-- but should still have quite a bit more than a female would.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/fourteen-5-week-olds-genders.1523955/
These ones are only 5 weeks old, but the red combs on some of the males are very obvious. So these pictures might be a useful reference, even though they are not Rhode Island Reds.
