Break my heart thread - Cockerels or Pullets?

[CrystalAnon]

The one on the left is a cockerel.

I thought so, with the comb very different than the other two, and Polka Dot being quite smaller than the other two, but just as aggressive.

 

[JustBabyMargo]

And… These are Moss Eggers from Alchemist Farms…
Polka Dot, Quiche & Soufflé
Would be ironic & hilarious if the two egg recipe names I doled out to my chicks, ended up being cockerels.
Thank you for your input!!
I recognize I’m too biased to tell the difference! I even looked at the feather sexing videos. I tried… just can’t tell.
This is my first time, so go easy on me!

I have birds from them too, and my Moss Eggers were super tricky to sex.

All three look like cockerels.

My two girls from them at two months-

My two boys at two months-

 

[Tookie]

I thought so, with the comb very different than the other two, and Polka Dot being quite smaller than the other two, but just as aggressive.

Now that I take another look I do think the other two are cockerels as well.

 

[CrystalAnon]

Now that I take another look I do think the other two are cockerels as well.

Could be. It would make sense to me that all of them are cockerels, with their behavior… but I really don’t know. Their combs are developing very differently. And the two to the right are much bigger than the one on the left.
I really don’t know about how waddles develop in the different breeds.
My dad has many hens that have waddles & look like roosters, but he has different breeds than I do.

 

[CrystalAnon]

I have birds from them too, and my Moss Eggers were super tricky to sex.

All three look like cockerels.

My two girls from them at two months-View attachment 3457864View attachment 3457865

My two boys at two months-View attachment 3457866View attachment 3457867

Wow! Yeah… quite a variety of looks.
Although the gals certainly have thinner combs than the males.

 

[Tookie]

Could be. It would make sense to me that all of them are cockerels, with their behavior… but I really don’t know. Their combs are developing very differently. And the two to the right are much bigger than the one on the left.

Their combs are developing differently because the one on the left has a different comb than the other too.

I really don’t know about how waddles develop in the different breeds.
My dad has many hens that have waddles & look like roosters, but he has different breeds than I do.

It does just depend on breed for wattle development. Some breeds have smaller ones, and some have them larger.

 

[CrystalAnon]

I have birds from them too, and my Moss Eggers were super tricky to sex.

All three look like cockerels.

My two girls from them at two months-View attachment 3457864View attachment 3457865

My two boys at two months-View attachment 3457866View attachment 3457867

Gosh!! They’re all so pretty!
They really do a great job.

 

[CrystalAnon]

Their combs are developing differently because the one on the left has a different comb than the other too.

It does just depend on breed for wattle development. Some breeds have smaller ones, and some have them larger.

That’s interesting! I didn’t know the same breed could have different style combs. But I guess it would be because this specific breed is a cross?

 

[Tookie]

That’s interesting! I didn’t know the same breed could have different style combs. But I guess it would be because this specific breed is a cross?

Yes, because its a cross and not a true breed they can have different combs.

 

[JustBabyMargo]

That’s interesting! I didn’t know the same breed could have different style combs. But I guess it would be because this specific breed is a cross?

They aren’t a true breed, just basically a fancy EE. They have half single combed stock and half pea combed stock, so both pea combed and single combed chicks come out of them.