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Silver Laced Wyandotte - Pullet or Roo? -- June 13th- 8 WEEKS OLD- new photos - Page 2

Poll Results: What am I?

 
  • 38% (13)
    Pullet
  • 61% (21)
    Cockerel
34 Total Votes  
post #11 of 64
5/23/12 at 10:50pm
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SLWs usually all have a rose comb.  I guess some can have single combs too.  It sounds like yours have a rose comb, which is what they should have.  How old are yours?  Any pictures?

 

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So, if the top part is wide and dark pinkish or red their roos? If that's the case all 4 of mine are roos..Guess I'd better get some pictures on here and see what you all think....sigh...and the SLWs are the friendliest of my 8. 4 others being Australorps...I take one of them out and he/she rests on my chest and sometimes almost falls asleep with me petting/scratching him/her...

Chickens:  One Barred Rock, one Black Star, one Buff Orpington, one Silver Laced Wyandotte, two EasterEggers, two Golden Comets, and two White Leghorns.

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Chickens:  One Barred Rock, one Black Star, one Buff Orpington, one Silver Laced Wyandotte, two EasterEggers, two Golden Comets, and two White Leghorns.

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post #12 of 64
5/23/12 at 10:52pm
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That rooster sure is handsome.  Too bad I can't have roosters in the city :( boo.

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Here is a another pic. The one in the background. See the comb how thin and still yellow.

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Chickens:  One Barred Rock, one Black Star, one Buff Orpington, one Silver Laced Wyandotte, two EasterEggers, two Golden Comets, and two White Leghorns.

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Chickens:  One Barred Rock, one Black Star, one Buff Orpington, one Silver Laced Wyandotte, two EasterEggers, two Golden Comets, and two White Leghorns.

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post #13 of 64
5/24/12 at 6:00am

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This is my SLW pullet. She was about 5 weeks old here. She started getting red pinkinsh red at about 3 weeks.

I am a Wife and a Mother. We have 2 dogs, and our always growing flock of chickens(Barred Rocks, White Rocks, Silver Laced Wyandottes, Easter Eggers, Olive Eggers, Marans, Japanese Bantams, Silkies, Silver Laced Cochin, Silkie/EE crosses, and a Cream Legbar Roo). We also have Bourbon Red Turkeys!  And now Ducks!!! Soon to be arriving Nigerian Dwarf doelings.

 

 

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I am a Wife and a Mother. We have 2 dogs, and our always growing flock of chickens(Barred Rocks, White Rocks, Silver Laced Wyandottes, Easter Eggers, Olive Eggers, Marans, Japanese Bantams, Silkies, Silver Laced Cochin, Silkie/EE crosses, and a Cream Legbar Roo). We also have Bourbon Red Turkeys!  And now Ducks!!! Soon to be arriving Nigerian Dwarf doelings.

 

 

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post #14 of 64
5/24/12 at 7:55am

Dang, I am so confused.  I have two SLWs and they are supposed to be pullets.  Their cones are wider and red.  Does that mean that they are both roos?  
 

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post #15 of 64
5/24/12 at 6:02pm

You can always do another picture in 2 weeks.

Hug a hen! Silver Laced, Partridge, Partridge Bantam, Blue/Black/Splash and BLR Wyandottes...with more on the way!

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Hug a hen! Silver Laced, Partridge, Partridge Bantam, Blue/Black/Splash and BLR Wyandottes...with more on the way!

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post #16 of 64
5/24/12 at 6:20pm

I'd wait till they are at least 2 months to be sure. I have seen several pullets that were guessed to be roos based on comb color alone... SO, wait. If wattles start appearing as well, then you know what you have. This is Veena, She's 2 months here... Red comb, but NO WATTLES. She didn't develop any until she hit about 4 months. If she'd gotten them earlier, I would have thought she was a boy. SO, if there is even any hint of wattle now at 5-6 weeks... you have a boy.

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At the very least, wipe the poop off your feet before getting in the car.

"Member of the Derperella Club-- We're just all goin' round' the rooster, here!"
Good night sweet Trousers, The Derp Club will miss you.
Treasure the love you recieve above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have vanished. Og Mandino
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At the very least, wipe the poop off your feet before getting in the car.

"Member of the Derperella Club-- We're just all goin' round' the rooster, here!"
Good night sweet Trousers, The Derp Club will miss you.
Treasure the love you recieve above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have vanished. Og Mandino
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post #17 of 64
5/24/12 at 6:22pm
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This is my SLW pullet. She was about 5 weeks old here. She started getting red pinkinsh red at about 3 weeks.

ARE YOU SURE? Those wattles say cockerel to me.

At the very least, wipe the poop off your feet before getting in the car.

"Member of the Derperella Club-- We're just all goin' round' the rooster, here!"
Good night sweet Trousers, The Derp Club will miss you.
Treasure the love you recieve above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have vanished. Og Mandino
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At the very least, wipe the poop off your feet before getting in the car.

"Member of the Derperella Club-- We're just all goin' round' the rooster, here!"
Good night sweet Trousers, The Derp Club will miss you.
Treasure the love you recieve above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have vanished. Og Mandino
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post #18 of 64
5/24/12 at 6:45pm

looks like a pullet to me. roos tend to have more white on them. 

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post #19 of 64
5/24/12 at 6:52pm

Again, I'm no expert, but my golden-laced wyandottes had visible small wattles at 5 weeks and reasonably good-sized wattles by 9 weeks. They're pretty clearly hens still at 15+ weeks.  My barred rocks on the other hand had just a trace of wattle at 9-10 weeks.  I can't imagine that golden-laced are much different than silver-laced, and I'm wondering if maybe Wyandottes grow those wattles in faster?  My GLW's combs are very flat and only slightly pink, but those wattles came in really early.
 

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post #20 of 64
5/24/12 at 7:43pm
Thread Starter 

Thank you, Everyone, for the pictures and insight.  PLEASE, keep your pictures (i love the pictures!) and opinions coming. 

I've been looking in the brooder every hour to see if he/she has changed.  pop.gif  But really, I like looking even if she/he hasn't changed.   love.gif

I'm questioning the sex on my buff orpington now, too. th.gif

Chickens:  One Barred Rock, one Black Star, one Buff Orpington, one Silver Laced Wyandotte, two EasterEggers, two Golden Comets, and two White Leghorns.

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Chickens:  One Barred Rock, one Black Star, one Buff Orpington, one Silver Laced Wyandotte, two EasterEggers, two Golden Comets, and two White Leghorns.

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