Silkie is it still to early to tell gender?

[Windswept]

Thank you Cara,

Guess it wasn't meant to be. Hoping to get a few more this fall so maybe then I can get a few pullets.

 

[silkieluvr]

Sorry to tell you this, but if that cochin is your favorite, it too looks like a roo... I'm sorry

 

[Ellie_NY_chick]

Don't be discouraged by the chest bumping. I've seen my girls do that too.

I know this advice is a little late, but if you can't have roosters, you should consider buying started pullets, so you don't have the heartbreak and hassle of trying to re-home your cockerels.

 

[Windswept]

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I think it is a pullet compared to the roos that I had.

These were last weeks pictures and their combs are a lot more red and much bigger than Blackberry's, I know the picture don't show it but her comb still has a yellow tint to it but when you live in this extreme heat of AZ it is easy to heat up fast. I will just cry if Blackberry is a boy too.

Here is comparison pictures from my other cochins from last week and then one of the girls this week.

boys

girls

one of the girls this week

 

[Windswept]

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Yea talked to a breeder today that said she would sell me pullets this fall so I don't have to worry. Will probably be better quality as well. To hot now to get anything so happy that this breeder is willing to hold on to a few pullets for me until fall......well AZ fall is October.

 

[amyquilt]

I say just "don't sweat it" for another week or two, then you should be able to tell more. Maybe you're just trying to determine gender too early

 

[Windswept]

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Thank you! Yea I guessing I am try to tell way to early. Would have been great to be able to just order pullets in the bantams but I sure wasn't able to find any place that sexed them.

Time will tell all things I am sure and being that my friend has the ones I think are boys, should I be making a mistake she would be happy to let me get them back.

 

[LilPeeps]

Looks like 3 cockerels, but if there is a pullet in the group, it would be Butterball.