I think SHE is in fact a HE?

[FeatherTay]

I don’t think Brook has red…

Sorry, my mistake, they don’t ALWAYS have red, but that helps if they do. Brook may not have red but he has many other signs of cockerel.

 

[Briosafarm]

FeatherTay is right...not all breeds will have red on the cockerels and in mixed breeds, it just depends...but in Easter Eggers red coming in on the wings like Pearl does is definitely a cockerel clue,

 

[myawesomepullets]

Sorry, my mistake, they don’t ALWAYS have red, but that helps if they do. Brook may not have red but he has many other signs of cockerel.

Yes, I agree. The facts and logic say that they are both male, but you know what they say: hope is the thing that dies last. I can’t help but hope! Though… I guess in this case hope wouldn’t die last, the cockerel would!

 

[myawesomepullets]

a close up picture of Pearl's back taken from above

Pearl is sorta skittish so this is the best I could get! (For now).

 

[Fluffy Lambs]

I think Pearl is a cockerel.

 

[myawesomepullets]

Pearl does not yet have the pointy hackle/saddle feathers, but Brook’s are coming in quickly. I’m still holding out hope for Pearl until the scientific evidence has no room for doubt.

 

[Ranma]

Brooks & Pearl are surely some of the most beautiful "chickens" (cockerels?) I have ever seen!

 

[sourland]

Pearl does not yet have the pointy hackle/saddle feathers, but Brook’s are coming in quickly. I’m still holding out hope for Pearl until the scientific evidence has no room for doubt.

Hope springs eternal. Start working on a 'Plan B'.

 

[myawesomepullets]

A little update. Brook has been growing more and more pointy feathers and he seems definitely 100% cockerel. He hasn’t started crowing yet though. (he’s almost 14 weeks) How old are cockerels supposed to be when they crow? Pearl has bigger muffs than Brook and still a way smaller comb. She has no pointy feathers, hackle nor saddle, so I’m still holding out hope for her! I read somewhere that around 20 weeks is when they lay. Is this true?

 

[FeatherTay]

A little update. Brook has been growing more and more pointy feathers and he seems definitely 100% cockerel. He hasn’t started crowing yet though. (he’s almost 14 weeks) How old are cockerels supposed to be when they crow? Pearl has bigger muffs than Brook and still a way smaller comb. She has no pointy feathers, hackle nor saddle, so I’m still holding out hope for her! I read somewhere that around 20 weeks is when they lay. Is this true?

Depends. Any any blue cochin cockerel just started crowing a week ago and he is 20 weeks old.