Is this red head WB gould male or female

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elferoz777
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The birds in the attached are split blues.

The RH is from my season this year. The BH is a hen.

The colour looks similar to me however this RH has a sibling with less intense colour which leads me to believe the other is a hen and this one a rooster.

Frustrating as I can tell visually most of my split blues yet I struggle sexing some WB birds.

My eyes cant determine so I hope others can.

Thanks

Steve
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Hen to me from those photo's,but your probable better than me,i can't tell if my splits are to blue or not :) garyh
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garyh wrote:Hen to me from those photo's,but your probable better than me,i can't tell if my splits are to blue or not :) garyh
That little one is the product of that rh pb/wb split blue you sold me. Very good bird.
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Hen to me not as vibrant on the head either.
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Agree, both are hens. Beak colour is the real give away sign for me with these.
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Hen was my thought initially. But the sister of this is lighter yellow on the belly whis is why I then thought it was a male.

Thanks for the advice. At least I have hens for the 5 spare roosters I have now.
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Notice also that the back colour is lighter than a cock bird. This is what I spoke about in another Subject here last week or so. WB are sometimes different than PB in back colour. Only had this on the hens and not cocks.
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Hen. Rooster has more blue around the black bib.
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