Its a boy ><

[davefromthechipie]

Hi all. This is a boy isnt it ?? He isnt crowing and i find that strange as his 18 - 19weeks old as my other cocks started making noise a 6weeks ago . big comb /longish legs /mid size tail. Only one light sussex hatched so its been hard to Compare

Thanks in advance
david

[walldanzig]

might not be Dave has it got any spurs on its feet. In fact the more I look at it the more i'd say not

[Hilary B]

Could be a slow developer, could be a hen, could be one of those undecided types......
Neck feathers look a bit 'masculine' (as far as you can tell from a photo, which isn't very far) but otherwise looks much more like a girl!

[RichmondHens]

Actually looks like a hen to me Dave. I have a younger LS male whose legs are far longer and looks definitely "cocky". Judging by the colour of her comb, she's not far off lay either - lucky you!

[Polly Fouracre]

I too found it difficult to decide whether I had two L/S pullets or one of each. One was definitely a female but the other looked just like yours. He is definitely a cockerel!

[RichmondHens]

Only way to tell for sure is to put him/her in with a group of hens. At this age, if he is male, his hormones should start rising pretty quickly being with the females and he should start exhibiting "cocky" behaviour, including crowing.

[kirsty b]

looks a lot like my LS bantam hen. Her comb is large compared to my other (hybrid) hens, and she is a very noisy girl too.

[Snadger]

I reckon a hen! My LS cockerel is 24 weeks and this is him at 18 weeks! He's looked like this for six weeks at least!

If not yours is a 'Boy George'!

btw my LS hen started laying at 20 weeks!

[Bramble-Poultry]

I'm erring towards hen too, LS are the type of breed that are fully developed by this time just need to grow in size - most are laying now or there abouts 18 - 20 weeks is average POL for LS especially with the current length of day!

[Bramble-Poultry]

ps - boys would have a tail by now too

[Nicos]

Urrmmmm...I'd say a hen from the legs and tail..some of us girlies have a bit more 'up top' than others!!!!

..I can see that you might think a laddie from the comb etc though

[davefromthechipie]

Thanks all mixed reviews but still More hope in it being a hen now . Il just have to wait for a crow or an egg , just getting sick of killing cockerels at the moment ... I know its better then buying from a supermarket etc.. & i find the taste pritty good 'If not better then hens (not found the meat tuff like what people say ) still its not that fun at all killing a pet.

[Snadger]

Thanks all mixed reviews but still More hope in it being a hen now . Il just have to wait for a crow or an egg , just getting sick of killing cockerels at the moment ... I know its better then buying from a supermarket etc.. & i find the taste pritty good 'If not better then hens (not found the meat tuff like what people say ) still its not that fun at all killing a pet.

I know where you're coming from Dave........I hatched 7 eggs, 6 of which were cockerels. Managed to whittle them down to 3 but will only get rid of any more if I get complaints from neighbours! I was kinda hoping one of these was a hen, but it recently started crowing!

[Glutton4...]

If it's any help, I looked at the picture before reading the posts, and my first thought was 'looks like a girl to me!'

No help? I didn't think so...

[RedThorn]

looks like my girl..... well she started laying at about 22 weeks so think tat will be the final proof