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Got given 2 Swedish flower hens today , both are 18 weeks and from the same hatch and I was given them as cockerels . The bloke had sold one as a cockerel and the other as a pullet but got given both back with the person saying they were both cockerels and as he knew I needed one he sent me a few pictures and asked if I wanted them . I said I only wanted one and decided on the one with a white tail so didn’t pay much attention to the other one but changed my mind and decided to have the other as a spare . I took them home and put them in a run and stood there watching them with a few of the other lads on the allotments and none of us could decide if they were both cockerels or not . Ones obvious but the other looks more like my pullets than the other cockerel . The top picture is the obvious one and the other 2 are the one we’re not sure on . 

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45 minutes ago, gnipper said:

It's hard to tell on my phone but it looks like you can see the spurs growing on the top one as well as it looking like a cock and the other hasn't got them?

I’ll have a proper look when I go down later , I don’t think it has though . 

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Just messaged a mate and asked him to nip on and have a look while he was down . He sent me these pictures and said he thinks it could be a cockerel but the other one makes you think it isn’t because it’s more advanced. He thinks it’s a slow maturing and it looks like saddle feathers are coming through 

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13 minutes ago, neil r said:

Just messaged a mate and asked him to nip on and have a look while he was down . He sent me these pictures and said he thinks it could be a cockerel but the other one makes you think it isn’t because it’s more advanced. He thinks it’s a slow maturing and it looks like saddle feathers are coming through 

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I think it’s a cockeral, but possibly part hen feathered , (hennie)

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55 minutes ago, belucky said:

I think it’s a cockeral, but possibly part hen feathered , (hennie)

That’s interesting , I’ve got another one in my other run that looks similar that I’ve wondered about . I’m going down after dinner so I’ll have a good look at both of them 

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There’s no mistaking it now , he’s turned into a fair sized bird and I think the nicer of the 2 . The one with the white tail is still the dominant one but the one I wasn’t sure about has shot up and is slightly bigger . Seems to have paired with the hen in the nest box aswell and follows her everywhere, even stands in front of the nest box and waits while she’s laying 

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