Roo or pullet?

[BlazeJester]

Golden Comet is a sex link, and white rocks are often used in that mix, yes? Could a hatchery-quality white rock carry the barred gene? If the hen had recessive barring (and is able to pass that on) and the rooster had recessive barring, a barred chick could result.

Anyway. I've had pullets that "act" like roos, I have a slow feathering pullet that still isn't fully feathered at 14 weeks and is very very likely a girl (of course no eggs = no 100%)... and most of all:

Sex linked birds cannot produce sex linked offspring so this is NOT A BLACK SEX LINK MALE as would be indicated by the spot. If this is a barred bird, a well defined head spot, dark black down and a relatively dark leg splash indicate female, at least in barred rocks. I assume this is a coloring trait and not specific to the breed. Somebody's got to rule the roost, and the alpha female will often have more advanced development (including comb) "act" like a roo. Mine from this year was domineering at day one.

Now, my genetics professor in undergrad told me to drop the class, walk away and never look back, so I could be wrong and would love to hear educated arguments against this,

BUT...

Cute little girl.

Edited for content.

 

[mother o' chicks72]

When will we see an updated pic of the little guy? The more often you post pics the sooner we might be able to give you a more definite answer

 

[rbaker0345]

If you are having problems with getting only cockerels from your incubator, you should examine everything that happens up until the hatch.

1. Are your hens overweight? If a hen is very well fed, the chemistry of her oviduct can tend to favor male sperm rather than female.
2. Your rooster might produce a lot more male sperm than female.
3. Certain incubation conditions can favor more male eggs to hatch than female or vice-versa. (I can't remember what those conditions are right now, but I know that it can happen).

The most likely explanation (if you only have one Cock) is that his sperm is predominantly male.

 

[Un-Tamed-Inc]

Looking at the Original photo, I have not read through, But I'm 98% sure you have a pullet there, the feathering is too advanced and far along to be a cockeral, pullets mature faster. The comb, should be twice that high, with no tail.
hope this helps.

 

[Jay262]

Here are some updated pics i took a few mins ago there exactly 20 days old right now. Figure id throw some pics of the other 5 in might aswell see if i can get some thoughts on there sex aswell as the black one since we are doing this.

 

[anderson8505]

either way, it sure is a cute odd-ball! I'd call it "Eight"

 

[Minniechickmama]

If I knew nothing else about this bird, that stance is all male.

 

[Jay262]

I dont know if id go much on the stance they all tend to stiffen up after a few pics they dont like the flash much.

 

[Lothiriel]

I don't go by that either -- I've had many of my hens stand in a so-called "roo-ish" stance, and like you said, they don't care for the flash very much.

So 20 days.. they're about 3 weeks... At this point I think you'd be able to see pink/red coming into the combs, so I'm guessing the one in question is probably a pullet. The only one in those pictures that I'd say is a cockerel is that one on the far left in the third picture. It looks like it's got quite a bit of pink in the comb.

 

[Spitman]

He looks like a barred boy to me the white spot on his head is similar to my sex link chicks I had with my barred rock hen an
RIR Roo.