SLW Pullet or Cockerel?

[Birds of a Feather]

The Wyandotte on the other thread actually has pointed saddle feathers, while this one does not.

 

[rebrascora]

The Wyandotte on the other thread actually has pointed saddle feathers, while this one does not.

Yes, but this bird is several weeks younger than the bird on the other thread. I would not expect to see obvious saddle feathers before 14 weeks but often later.

 

[JedJackson]

I vote pullet. I've seen combs and wattles bigger and redder than that on even younger Wyandotte pullets. The legs are thin, the color pattern is pretty even, and the whiter areas on the shoulders have spangles on them, something else I have seen on female Wyandottes before. Anyway, that is my reasoning. The full truth probably won't come out for at least another month.

 

[RodNTN]

I'm afraid I'm on the fence alongside @Frazzemrat1, comb and wattles are very red for such a young age. But the feathers are making me assume pullet.
I hope it is a pullet, but I can't give you a definite answer.

In my book Silkies and Wyandottes have always been the hardest to sex!

 

[Melky]

Nevertheless never give away a chicken unless crowing. Telltale sign and can come much later.

 

[Alexandra33]

Depending on the rate of development, pointed saddle feathers can show up at 12 weeks. My Orpington cockerel (a slow-maturing breed, generally) showed clear male specific plumage at a mere 11.

~Alex

 

[Ritzydoll]

Well I just wanted to update everyone that the SLW is officially a hen!!! Sweet Zena is laying eggs now at 6 mon.

 

[Farmgirl1878]

Yay! I thought she was a pullet too as my girls looked just like that at the same age. The cockerel looked really masculine by twelve weeks, yours didn’t look at all like he did. Congrats on the first eggs!

 

[NewBoots]

That is a beautiful hen!