Here is a photo of rooster saddle feathers just as they start to come in.

[FunnyBunny89]

Hello all!

I hope you find this as interesting as I do!

I have some 10 week old chicks who are all starting to present as male, and this one is particularly cool to me.

One of his peer chicks ate the feathers off his back after one night of me forgetting to put their feeder back, so now I can see the new saddle feathers clearly without any obstruction. They're quite vivid!

*I included body photos for reference*

 

[ChaosMom]

This might be a good reference over on the “What Breed or Gender Is This?” Forum! Posters are often pretty frantic trying to ID cockerels ASAP.