Sapphire Gem Gender?

[EastStephensEggers]

Okay all, I'm a new chicken owner and bought 6 straight run chicks in March (so they're about 11 weeks old) of various breeds. I think myself and my neighbors (much more experienced chicken owners) have identified the gender of all of one - my Sapphire Gem. We think it's a rooster but we go back and forth. Wondering what the experts here think!! Appreciate the help!!

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Okay all, I'm a new chicken owner and bought 6 straight run chicks in March (so they're about 11 weeks old) of various breeds. I think myself and my neighbors (much more experienced chicken owners) have identified the gender of all of one - my Sapphire Gem. We think it's a rooster but we go back and forth. Wondering what the experts here think!! Appreciate the help!!

Why do you think it’s a rooster?

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Definitely a pullet! A male would have barring

 

[sourland]

Definitely a pullet! A male would have barring

It's a pullet.

 

[cherrynberry]

Okay all, I'm a new chicken owner and bought 6 straight run chicks in March (so they're about 11 weeks old) of various breeds. I think myself and my neighbors (much more experienced chicken owners) have identified the gender of all of one - my Sapphire Gem. We think it's a rooster but we go back and forth. Wondering what the experts here think!! Appreciate the help!!

Looks like a pullet...

 

[InterestingChickens]

Pullet!

 

[EmmaRainboe]

It's a pullet. Sapphire gems are sexlinked so if it were male it would be barred.

 

[EastStephensEggers]

Oh wow thanks for the super fast replies!!! That is great news!! It's just more dominant than the rest and also seems to have more pointed tail feathers than the rest but it's the only Sapphire Gem I have so I didn't have a good comparison! Like I said we've been going back and forth. I initially thought it was a hen because it didn't have a white dot on its head as a chick put then I read males could also have white on their wing tips which it did have. The internet is overwhelming for newbies sometimes!! I really appreciate the input!!

 

[Mr Beaks]

Pretty pullet.

 

[Anycockildo]

Looks just like my pullets. At that age the difference between the Cockerels and Pullets was very obvious