5 week, 2 day old Partridge Cochin Bantam

[ScottsdaleChickenFam]

Sooooo…. Pullet or cockerel? I really want this one to be a pullet. It’s so sweet and quiet and well behaved. None of the other chickens bother it. I’ve been thinking it’s a she… but the wattle made me wonder. It’s not 100 percent fully feathered on the chest yet.

 

[cherrynberry]

Leaning pullet. Update once she is 6-8 weeks old.

 

[ScottsdaleChickenFam]

Leaning pullet. Update once she is 6-8 weeks old.

Will do!

 

[tn_artist]

That is pullet patterning. I've never had a cochin show pullet pattern without being a pullet. When the head and neck are one color and the rest of the body is a pattern like this, it's a girl.

 

[Painted Calls]

Pullet. A cockerel of that pattern would have a black chest.

 

[ScottsdaleChickenFam]

Pullet. A cockerel of that pattern would have a black chest.

Thank you! After googling more about this, I think she is definitely a pullet. She doesn’t look like a rooster at all feather pattern wise!

 

[ScottsdaleChickenFam]

That is pullet patterning. I've never had a cochin show pullet pattern without being a pullet. When the head and neck are one color and the rest of the body is a pattern like this, it's a girl.

This is incredibly helpful, thank you!

 

[ScottsdaleChickenFam]

Leaning pullet. Update once she is 6-8 weeks old.

She is 6 weeks and 5 days today! Here is a pic.

 

[Lady of McCamley]

I'm sure by now you've figured out she is a pullet. All my bantam Cochin roosters had a BIG comb by 5 weeks of age, and she is wild type partridge female with a lovely small comb.

I miss my Cochins. They were lovely birds. (Hawk got one, the other finally died of old age, but I have her mixed daughters

LofMc

 

[ScottsdaleChickenFam]

I'm sure by now you've figured out she is a pullet. All my bantam Cochin roosters had a BIG comb by 5 weeks of age, and she is wild type partridge female with a lovely small comb.

I miss my Cochins. They were lovely birds. (Hawk got one, the other finally died of old age, but I have her mixed daughters

LofMc

I didn’t pay much attention to this little Cochin chick at first- I was too smitten with a bantam golden sebright chick that is unfortunately turning out to be a rooster with a nasty attitude. But the Cochin is the sweetest bird of our flock of 10. Gentle, gorgeous, agreeable, cuddly and fun to bring inside for a movie night. I think Cochins are my new favorite because of this little partridge gal.

I’m sorry you lost one to a hawk - this is always a concern. But I am glad to hear you had one to enjoy through her whole natural life.