splash maran...hoping for a pullet but thinking a roo....help!!!!!!!!!

[redturtle]

this bird is throwing me for a loop...some days i think pullet other days i think roo....
s/he is approximately 18 weeks old give or take a week
i really cant tell by the feathers so i need help pls...thnx much

head shot

tailshot

another view of the head

thnx for your input and as usual if you need better pics just let me know....more than willing to try again

 

[zaybird77]

hey,
I can't be sure but I had just like that and it ended up being a rooster.
Sooooo... I'm going with rooster but not sure.

 

[ranchhand]

Wow, that is a tough one!

In the second pic I see what may be some saddle feathers developing and what I can see of the legs look roosterish.
But..... at 18 weeks you should have some attempts at crowing if a rooster.

So I'm no help at all!

 

[NitaAZ]

That one's a very tough call! I think it's a pullet, but I just can't be sure!

 

[jeremy]

Boy.

 

[redturtle]

o shoot!! that means i will have to find a pullet to go w/ my black maran to get blue babies...now i wanna

lol...oh well whatcha gonna do...will have to find a replacement a few months down the road

 

[steffpeck]

I am betting boy.

 

[bargain]

He's got the little pointey feathers near the tail...It's a roo on the way! Nancy

 

[Illia]

That is undoubtedly and 100% boy there.