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Silver-laced Wyandotte - 6 weeks - gender - boy or girl? * NEW PIX @ 7 WEEKS*

post #1 of 33
5/30/12 at 4:28pm
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Hi all, this is my first post on BYC, so I hope it all works out okay.

 

I have a few new chicks that are about 6 weeks now. I'm worried that my son's silver-laced wyandotte may be a rooster because of the bright pink wattles popping out.

 

I'll post the others chicks separately.

 

Here are a few photos. Please, someone reassure me it's a pullet!

 

Silver Wyandotte 1.jpg

 

Silver Wyandotte 2.jpg

Silver Wyandotte 3.jpg

 

Thanks for your input!


Edited by Cybermama - 6/4/12 at 7:07am

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post #2 of 33
5/30/12 at 4:44pm

Judging by the bright red wattles, I'd say cockerel hide.gif

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post #3 of 33
5/30/12 at 4:50pm
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Oh dear, my son will be so disappointed if the SLW really is a roo. He hand-picked it from the farm brooderhit.gif... 

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post #4 of 33
5/30/12 at 4:51pm

Keep him a while make sure you've got a roo on your hands before you get rid of him. He's still a bit young. 

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post #5 of 33
5/30/12 at 4:54pm
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Keep him a while make sure you've got a roo on your hands before you get rid of him. He's still a bit young. 

I agree, don't give up yet. thumbsup.gif

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Always calibrate your hygrometer before you incubate!!

Home to Black East Indies, Mandarins, Speckled Sussex, Barred Rock, Golden Buffs, Welsummers, Ameraucanas, Black Australorp, Silver Laced Wyandotte, Two Weimaraners, Two beautiful daughters and a great DH who builds whatever I need!

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post #6 of 33
5/30/12 at 4:54pm
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Yes, we'll keep it a while longer. We waited 3 months to let go of our last rooster, so until it wakes up the neighbors, it's got a home with us. 

Mother of 2 humans, 2 australian shepherds, 2 EE's, 2 RIR's, 1 Australorp, 1 BR and (pending gender assessment) 1 SLW.

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post #7 of 33
6/3/12 at 5:19pm

my slw are also 6 weeks. my 4 roosters got their combs at 2 or 3 weeks and wattles at 4 weeks. i would say you have a pullet. my  pullets look like yours and my roosters have bright red combs and wattles. good luck.

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post #8 of 33
6/3/12 at 5:28pm
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my slw are also 6 weeks. my 4 roosters got their combs at 2 or 3 weeks and wattles at 4 weeks. i would say you have a pullet. my  pullets look like yours and my roosters have bright red combs and wattles. good luck.

Thank you, har100! I just can't decide gender with this breed. The feather color on my SLW seems pullet-ish to me, without those big splotches of white on the wings, but the reddish wattles and aggressive behavior seems roo-ish. I think I'll wait a little longer to see more features come out before I upset the flock. Any chance you have photos of your SLW's? I'd love to compare.

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post #9 of 33
6/3/12 at 5:57pm

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post #10 of 33
6/3/12 at 5:58pm
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slw pullet is in front and the rooster is behind her.

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