Sebright Cockerel or Pullet?

[KFox]

This one is about 4-6 weeks old.

 

[gryeyes]

Sebrights are SO hard to tell, because the males are "hen-feathered" - so the comb is about the only way to tell the difference and it can take several weeks to begin to grow out into the male comb.

I couldn't tell at this stage. Wait for the comb to develop a spike pointing back along the top of its head. Then you know you have a cockerel.

 

[KFox]

Thanks for reading/commenting. I think I have three sebrights and one of them is making a errrr---eeeee noise. I can't tell which is making the noise but this one is the largest of the three and chest-bumps others often.

 

[Ladybird CA]

He probably is the cockerel then, are you planning to keep them as a trio?

 

[suzeqf]

i think roo he's looks a lot like mine did at that age mine is 10 weeks old now

 

[KFox]

I'm not able to keep roos here. We live in an area zoned agricultural but we have one acre lots. I will probably give him away.

 

[akcountrygrrl]

Sorry, that looks to be a boy. Sebright hens have VERY small, almost nonexistent, combs. The comb development on yours is a dead giveaway that it is a boy.

 

[puffmuff]

I agree that it is a boy. My 10 week old silver sebright pullet has a comb that is so small that the only way you know it's there is by feel. Sorry.

 

[Arbutus Peregrine]

Do you know if the girls grow larger combs eventually? Mine are 4 months old and have barely more than a bump!

 

[Gray Farms]

Cockerel