Shiny hackle feathers means....

[smokeykk]

cock, right?

 

[Nicole01]

I don't think so. My RIR and SS have the green metallic shiny hackles/neck feathers and they are both pullets. I think it's the pointy hackles that indicate males.

I'm not sure if the neck feathers on pullets are called hackles though.

 

[JodyJo]

a picture might help us....

 

[smokeykk]

I'll get a better one later

 

[speckledhen]

You need to tell us how old this chick is and the shiny, skinny saddle feathers are really a better indicator of a male than the hackles, but those sometimes are not really visible till they are over 10 weeks old.


*yes, the hackle feathers are still called hackles, even on the pullets.