Speckled Sussex

[GemW]

I have another that sprouted a decent sized comb this week too. Speckled Sussex, 5+ weeks. Please don't tell me this one is a roo too?!! Sorry the pics aren't the best..."she" isn't very cooperative.

Bought from hatchery, sexed at 1 day old.

 

[Tookie]

Looks like a cockerel to me.

 

[Chipmunk Chicks]

2x

 

[GemW]

Dang it!

 

[ColtHandorf]

Cockerel. The coloration of the feathers is typical for males of that color. Pullets wouldn't have the dark chest.

 

[Chipmunk Chicks]

Cockerel. The coloration of the feathers is typical for males of that color. Pullets wouldn't have the dark chest.

Oh that's interesting, same as Welsummers, same type of coloring.

 

[ColtHandorf]

Anything with Partridge like a Welsummer or Cochin, Brown Leghorns, Silver or Gold Duckwing, etc have that coloration in males.

It's also not a Speckled Sussex. Sussex should have white legs, not yellow. And that bird isn't Spangled like a Sussex. It looks like a Welsummer cockerel to me.

 

[GemW]

Cockerel. The coloration of the feathers is typical for males of that color. Pullets wouldn't have the dark chest.

I thought there was something with white on the chest? Or is that just any color other than the brown on the chest?

 

[ColtHandorf]

I thought there was something with white on the chest? Or is that just any color other than the brown on the chest?

You'll have to explain that one to me. I'm not following.

 

[GemW]

Anything with Partridge like a Welsummer or Cochin, Brown Leghorns, Silver or Gold Duckwing, etc have that coloration in males.

It's also not a Speckled Sussex. Sussex should have white legs, not yellow. And that bird isn't Spangled like a Sussex. It looks like a Welsummer cockerel to me.

Really? I have a Welsummer also and the feather pattern looks different to me.