Spitz sexing?

[HuevosGonzos]

Do you really think so? My SS was only 8 weeks in this picture! That baby doesn’t even have wattles! But you’re the expert of course!

This is pretty close to what ours looked like at that age!

 

[JustBabyMargo]

This is pretty close to what ours looked like at that age!

This is what my Jacqueline looks like now!

 

[cherrynberry]

Do you really think so? My SS was only 8 weeks in this picture! That baby doesn’t even have wattles! But you’re the expert of course!

Some of my cockerels do not yet get wattle growth at 8 weeks. See that comb? I think its a cockerel and not a faster developing pullet. Your pullet has a much smaller comb anyways.

 

[HuevosGonzos]

Some of my cockerels do not yet get wattle growth at 8 weeks. See that comb? I think its a cockerel and not a faster developing pullet. Your pullet has much a smaller comb anyways.

I’ll try to get photos of the SS in the next couple of days.

 

[JustBabyMargo]

Some of my cockerels do not yet get wattle growth at 8 weeks. See that comb? I think its a cockerel and not a faster developing pullet. Your pullet has much a smaller comb anyways.

Yeah that makes sense!

 

[cherrynberry]

Yeah that makes sense!

There is a chance it could still be a faster developing pullet. I just vote cockerel at this age.

And no, "experts" are not always right.

Fingers crossed!

 

[HuevosGonzos]

There is a chance it could still be a faster developing pullet. I just vote cockerel at this age.

And no, "experts" are not always right.

Fingers crossed!

This is the same SS. Took this the other day. Again, they are around 10 weeks.

 

[cherrynberry]

This is the same SS. Took this the other day. Again, they are around 10 weeks.

Hmm...iffy

Possibly a faster developing pullet. Please update!

 

[HuevosGonzos]

UPDATE!! Here is a photo of the Spitz today (14ish weeks old). Pretty sure we have a dude.

 

[Tankueray]

UPDATE!! Here is a photo of the Spitz today (14ish weeks old). Pretty sure we have a dude.

Oh yeah, good looking cockerel. Do you have another rooster in your flock? All my Spitzes started to crow at 11 weeks. Another rooster could delay that though.

If you look at your original pictures, in the second one you can clearly see a tiny waddle behind the jaw (you can see it in both, but pic #2 is really telling). Female Spitzes don't show waddles forever, but males can be seen definitively as early as 3 weeks.