Pop quiz! Guess the gender

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This bird was hatched on 3/3/24, 12 weeks old. Based on feathering only, what do ya'll think?
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Pullet, full body pics would likely get you a more accurate answer :)

This bird was hatched on 3/3/24, 12 weeks old. Based on feathering only, what do ya'll think?View attachment 3852859View attachment 3852861View attachment 3852862View attachment 3852863
Pullet, full body pics would likely get you a more accurate answer :)
The girl behind "her" is a week younger. Wanted opinions based on feathering first. My husband and I have gone round and round on gender. They all had the female wing feathers at a day old.
 

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At 12 weeks male specific feathering may not yet be present. Some grow it later than others. And it is particularly difficult to see with more or less solid white birds. But the colored feathers at its shoulders are in fact male specific feathering, so it's definitely a male regardless of the comb/wattles.
 
The girl behind "her" is a week younger. Wanted opinions based on feathering first. My husband and I have gone round and round on gender. They all had the female wing feathers at a day old.
Wing feathering isn't always accurate, and looking at feathers alone at this age isn't usually accurate either. The hackle and saddle feathers will come later, the large red comb and wattles indicate it's a cockerel, sorry.
 

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