Tom or hen

[danielley101215]

Love em!

Thanks!!!! My male is super handsome and looves attention and to be near me he's so sweet and gentle.

 

[armyman0187]

 

[danielley101215]

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So pretty and so handsome! It's a tom right??

 

[LilJoe]

So pretty and so handsome! It's a tom right??

Looks It to me(?)

with that dulap and snood

 

[danielley101215]

Looks It to me(?)

with that dulap and snood

Yeah a while ago we thought it was a hen but then we started to think tom

 

[armyman0187]

Yea he likes to gobel but every time I get that phone out he stops lol

 

[danielley101215]

Yea he likes to gobel but every time I get that phone out he stops lol

Awww he's so cute! Is he friendly and pet-like?

 

[armyman0187]

Yea he follows me everywhere! He isn't a fan of Petting yet lol

Awww he's so cute! Is he friendly and pet-like?

 

[danielley101215]

Yea he follows me everywhere! He isn't a fan of Petting yet lol

Aww! Are you trying to get him to like being touched and pet though?

 

[R2elk]

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So now its 4 months old. At 4 months old it will have mature feathers on the breast. It is hard to tell from the side but it still looks like the lower edges of the breast feathers are light colored which means that it is a hen.

The caruncles are much smaller than a tom of that age would have. The snood of a tom of that age would expand far below the end of the beak.

The heaviness of the legs indicate to me that it is of the broad breasted type.

Hens can and do strut. Hens can have a snood that expands to the end of their beak.
This is a hen that has laid many eggs and hatched and raised many poults.

Blue Slate hen

• R2elk
• Mar 5, 2017

The tom is on the left and the hen is on the right.

Self Blue tom and Blue Slate hen

• R2elk
• Feb 21, 2016