about twenty weeks Click to see full answer. Also asked, is a pullet a female chicken?The term pullet refers to a young hen, usually under one year of age. Once a chick develops feathers rather than down, it is then called a pullet if it is female or a cockerel if it is a male. Pullet can refer to a laying hen or a meat chicken but it is more typically used for a laying hen.One may also ask, what age do chickens mature? between 16 and 24 weeks Regarding this, what kind of chicken is a pullet? A ‘pullet’ is a young hen that is under 1 years of age, and has not started laying eggs yet. Pullets are fully grown, and will have a full coat of shiny new feathers. However, their body is still developing, and isn’t ready to lay eggs.Can you tell if a baby chick is male or female?You can tell whether chicks are male or female when they hatch, e.g. Gold Tops and Blacktails. Welsummers are not sex-linked or auto-sexing but they can be sexed at day old. Males have a stripe across the eyes but it is less well defined than the females. Also the tops of their heads are more reddish-brown.
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