Whiting True Blue...pullet or cockerel?

[HendricksonHomestead]

I've been thinking my 6 week old Whiting True Blue is a cockerel because it's comb grew pretty fast. The breeder that I got it from said judging it's tail feathers compared to my Maran's that it is a pullet and my Maran is a cockerel. However, these two have been puffing up and fighting each other lately. So that makes me think they're BOTH roos...what do you guys think? I know it's pretty young to tell, just wondering of what I've seen so far.

 

[sylviethecochin]

The breeder is uninformed.

Different breeds feather differently; comparing a Marans to a Whiting is not going to work. You're right; they are both cockerels. Any chick showing red on the comb at six weeks is a cockerel.

EDT: And unless they're game birds, fighting each other at six weeks is just pecking order-related scuffles. Nothing to do with sex.

 

[Pretty Birds]

They both look like boys.

 

[HendricksonHomestead]

The breeder is uninformed.

Different breeds feather differently; comparing a Marans to a Whiting is not going to work. You're right; they are both cockerels. Any chick showing red on the comb at six weeks is a cockerel.

EDT: And unless they're game birds, fighting each other at six weeks is just pecking order-related scuffles. Nothing to do with sex.

Thank you, that's what I was thinking...that it wouldn't be correct to compare the two. I wasn't sure about the fighting thing, so thanks for the info!

 

[Frazzemrat1]

cockerel

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Both are cockerels. Whiting True Blues and Whiting True Greens are Easter Eggers.
Did you buy the Marans and the Whiting True Blue from the breeder as sexed pullets?

 

[HendricksonHomestead]

Both are cockerels. Whiting True Blues and Whiting True Greens are Easter Eggers.
Did you buy the Marans and the Whiting True Blue from the breeder as sexed pullets?

No, I got them as unsexed day-olds. From the same breeder though.

 

[Lady Gray]

Both are cockerels. Whiting True Blues and Whiting True Greens are Easter Eggers.
Did you buy the Marans and the Whiting True Blue from the breeder as sexed pullets?

WTB’s are actually their own breed, not Easter eggers.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

WTB’s are actually their own breed, not Easter eggers.

FYI, you are answering a post from June 2019.

 

[Lady Gray]

FYI, you are answering a post from June 2019.

Yes but it’s still true