Wanted to confirm gender before rehoming

[Duckydos]

I think girl still. The feathers look shaped like a female chickens so I would hold off on the rehoming.

No way!! Yay this made my day. Now I'm questioning the other one lol what do you think about this guy?

 

[GirlsHuntToo]

No way!! Yay this made my day. Now I'm questioning the other one lol what do you think about this guy?

That one is a rooster - far more signs of a rooster than the 1st one. They look completely different! The same age, right??

 

[Duckydos]

That one is a rooster - far more signs of a rooster than the 1st one. They look completely different! The same age, right??

Yes same age. I thought the same thing especially with the red coming on under the chin.. I don't know the technical terms for it, I'm new at this

 

[springvalley123]

It has a pea comb. Just finishing feathering (looking at its neck). Stage of feathering can vary but slower feathering points to cockerel as well as the big pea comb.

 

[Iworkforangels]

Its a Rooster

 

[TaylorGlade]

I agree. To me, it looks like our Australorp Pullets at that age. The comb isn't red, it's pale - but our girls grew combs pretty quickly. Unless I'm overlooking them, I see no saddle feathers. I would definitely give it a couple of weeks.

 

[Rose the Legbar]

Both are cockerels. They don’t get in their male specific feathering until 12 weeks so there isn’t a way to tell from that aspect. Both combs are huge for a EE/Ameraucana to be a pullet at 8 weeks. Pea combs for pullets don’t get that big until they are close to laying.

 

[TaylorGlade]

Australorps don't have pea combs - they have single combs and get quite large. Even the pullets have large combs. The first one is probably a female. Does the second one have saddle feathers? If not, I'd give it a while. Those hackle feeathers look sus. But, It's comb is also small and and not redder than the other chick - unless it's just a lighting difference.

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

I'm fairly certain both are cockerels. Large, reddish combs, and wattles on one. The first one is bearded so you can't see his wattles. Like @Rose the Legbar said, male-specific hackles and saddles don't come in until about twelve weeks, so feather shape means nothing at this point.

 

[talkinboutchickens]

I would wait until u know for sure. A sure sign of a roo is it's first crow. Wait and see if it grows long metallic green tail feathers (or black.) 8 weeks old is a normal time for the comb to grow bigger for cockerels and pullets.