6 week old Silver Laced Wyandotte - Roo or Hen??

[FlockO5ive]

I thought when it was young that the feather sexing said roo, then I wasn't sure. But it's feathers are not coming in as fast as my other breeds, which look fully feathered at the same age, and it's waddle and comb are very red and pronounced. Any opinions are welcome. I need to find it a new home if it's a roo and I don't want to wait too long.

 

[curiositykt]

My silver laced wyandotte have red combs and are not roos, so I don't think that's an indication. But that is a weird looking chick in comparison to mine, the feathers are much whiter than all the feathers. Also yours is standing rather high, which is rooish. I'd guess a roo, but I wouldn't do anything drastic yet.

 

[crayon]

RE: his feathers...

I think they just have not fully come in yet. He looks fine to me. I had a SLW roo and 3 hens- he just looks very young- like he has not feathered out yet, but he looks fine.

 

[kearstin17]

Mine is only 4 weeks and it has more feathers then yours and I am pretty sure mine is a roo




as for yours my guess would be roo but I hear this breed is very hard to sex untill older so I would wait a little while before finding it a home.

 

[AlicesSilkies]

Yeah i think yours is a roo i think, hes gonna be a handsome little fella but deffo roo.
This is my wyandotte at 13 weeks and her wattles are just coming through...

 

[Hezz]

Definitely a roo. Here's a pic of my hen at 4 months old, her comb and what she has of wattles in this pic are red, but her wattles aren't big at all.
I will have to get some new pics of them all seeing as they are now almost 6 months, and she has a bigger comb & wattles.



Also, here's a pic of two of my Golden Laced girls at about 7 or 8 weeks. No wattles yet, and minimal redness.

 

[Hezz]

She...or he....should be 6 weeks on Wednesday and all my SLW's have single combs. I noticed 2 of them have noticeably larger combs that are a dark orange, while my other chicks of diff breeds don't have much of anything. I orderd them through Runnings Farm and Fleet store who gets them from a hatchery in Iowa. As I'm reading I'm finding that where you get them can make a difference in their combs, feathers etc...is this true?? I don't want a Roo but I don't want to get rid of he/she yet until I know for sure what he/she is. I've become attached rather quickly!!

Here's pics of two of the roo's I got rid of. They were around 8 or 9 weeks old at the time. I have never had any Wyandottes with single combs, but I heard it is common for some hatchery stock. Also, the males usually always feather in slower than the females. Your little one does look like a roo to me, but Wyandottes are a little tough to sex sometimes. I would wait a few more weeks to be honest, and if you hear him/her trying to crow, then you definitely know. LOL!

 

[Twizzlebee]

That's for sure a roo. a pullet shouldn't be that red that young, and the feathers on my birds didn't take that long to come in at all o.o

The one on the left is a roo and the other two you can see are hens. They were around 6 weeks in the picture.

 

[ChickenLover WI]

Here are a few pictures of my 2 I have. Not Hatchery!


Mine have gotten bigger since these pictures and I just took these in May lol they fly really well to lol.

 

[Fables]

Here are more pics. 6 weeks now