17 Week Old Leghorns, What Gender?

moali99 · Oct 11, 2015

I have 4 leghorns. All related and 17 weeks old. 1 has a really large floppy comb and the others have a bit smaller but firmer and straight up comb. They all look like males to me but im just not sure. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

ChickenCanoe · Oct 11, 2015

It's hard to tell from the feathers but judging by the comb, I'd say the third is a pullet and the rest cockerels.
Like many Mediterranean breeds, hens combs flop over.
You can see a bunch of pictures here.

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGK/Leghorns/BRKLeghorns.html

Peep-Chicken · Oct 11, 2015

ChickenCanoe said:
It's hard to tell from the feathers but judging by the comb, I'd say the third is a pullet and the rest cockerels.
Like many Mediterranean breeds, hens combs flop over.
You can see a bunch of pictures here.

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGK/Leghorns/BRKLeghorns.html

I'd agree. It's hard to see if there is saddle fearfwea at all in the pictures.

Chicken Girl1 · Oct 11, 2015

ChickenCanoe said:
It's hard to tell from the feathers but judging by the comb, I'd say the third is a pullet and the rest cockerels.
Like many Mediterranean breeds, hens combs flop over.
You can see a bunch of pictures here.

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGK/Leghorns/BRKLeghorns.html

x3

moali99 · Oct 11, 2015

Chicken Girl1 said:
x3

What do you predict?

BantamFan4Life · Oct 11, 2015

ChickenCanoe said:
It's hard to tell from the feathers but judging by the comb, I'd say the third is a pullet and the rest cockerels.
Like many Mediterranean breeds, hens combs flop over.
You can see a bunch of pictures here.

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGK/Leghorns/BRKLeghorns.html

I also agree.

moali99 · Oct 11, 2015

BantamFan4Life said:
I also agree.

I was told that for the leghorn you can't judge from the comb due to the breed having a large comb on both genders. I'm not sure but thanks

moali99 · Oct 11, 2015

ChickenCanoe said:
It's hard to tell from the feathers but judging by the comb, I'd say the third is a pullet and the rest cockerels.
Like many Mediterranean breeds, hens combs flop over.
You can see a bunch of pictures here.

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGK/Leghorns/BRKLeghorns.html

Thanks ^

ChickenCanoe · Oct 11, 2015

Leghorns, Anconas, Minorcas, Penedesencas, Andalusians, Spanish, Castellanas and Catalanas all have huge combs. The roosters stand erect and the hens flop over but the pullets take much longer to grow their combs than the cockerels.

If you had them from chicks, you would have noticed the cocks combs growing after just a few weeks. If you just got them then you can judge by the flop or erect. In a few more weeks the roosters will acquire pointier wing, hackle and tail feathers plus that big curved tail.

junebuggena · Oct 11, 2015

It's hard to see saddle feathers on those birds. I can't tell if they are just really dirty, but Leghorns should be solid white. And they seem really small for nearly mature birds.

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