Suspiciously Large Red Comb/face?

[hollandhens24]

This chick is young, so I am expecting the "wait it out" comments but I am curious if this crazy little creature is a likely cockerel. The comb seems so large and bright colored for as young as it is. The pictures where the chick is held it is 3 weeks old and the photos of the chick in the grass are of it at 4 weeks. Slow feathering and a red face lead me to believe this is probably a "he" with no flock mates to compare it to.

 

[WhatsUpDuck]

Maybe I'm getting to blind, but I don't see a big red comb or wattles? It is very early to tell. I'll be curious to see what the more experienced people say!

LORD JESUS IS KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS!

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

Given he had such a comb at three weeks, I’d be surprised if this was a pullet

 

[500Chickens]

I don't see that the comb is bright...

 

[hollandhens24]

I don't see that the comb is bright...

Any color to me is alarming, so seeing any redness immediately put me on alert! Thank you for your thought!

 

[hollandhens24]

Maybe I'm getting to blind, but I don't see a big red comb or wattles? It is very early to tell. I'll be curious to see what the more experienced people say!

LORD JESUS IS KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS!

I may be more paranoid than you are blind, so it could be that it is not very large or red! Especially with no chicks this age to compare it to, seeing any color made me curious.

 

[hollandhens24]

6 week update

 

[500Chickens]

Pullet

 

[hollandhens24]

Pullet

I am so excited by this! The majority of our flock are WTB so they have very small, slow developing combs. This little mixed chick has had us puzzled. We sit on the porch every night and go back and forth as we watch them all.

"Do you think it's a rooster?"
"Maybe."
"It would be nice if it was a pullet."
"It could be!"
"I'm leaning toward rooster."

Thank you for returning with feedback!

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

My phone is being very annoying and I can’t enlarge the photos. I feel pretty confident saying that’s a cockerel though. Blue cockerels will have darker shoulders and wing bars, while pullets will have very even coloring. His legs/feet also look very large for his size.

Ok, the photos are working now, and I definitely think it’s a cockerel. He’s slow feathering and has no tail, and he has darker shoulders.