Gender guesses? SLW 5 wks old

[lizage]

I'm pretty sure I know my answer already, but since I'm not familiar with this breed, I thought I'd ask anyways. These 3 silver laced wyandottes are 5 wks old in this picture. The combs for the 2 on the left turned red at about 2.5 wks old, lol. the one on the right is red now, but it's not as dark and it didn't redden up until 4 wks or so (not sure if this makes a difference). The legs for all 3 look the same to me.

 

[Vora]

I have three that did exactly what yours did! I just assumed that they were all roos, but the chances that all six of our chicks are roos are pretty slim, right? If I had to guess, I'd have to say that our chicks that had their combs turn red later are the likely pullets.

 

[ChickasaurusRex]

At only 5 weeks their combs and wattles are very red... I'm guessing boys

 

[silkiechicken]

Yeah.. 5 weeks, those are all boys.

 

[Coop de Grille]

All boys. I had four of them and they pinked up like that by 4 weeks old. They all turned out to be little roo's.

 

[BlueCamas]

Yep, all 3 look like cockerels to me.

 

[PeakyBeaky]

Agreed!

Yep, all 3 look like cockerels to me.

 

[lizage]

Thanks everyone. So much for 50/50 chances...

Maybe I'll get at least one really nice roo out of them...

 

[christybmom9802]

So what did they turn out to be? I too have some SLW and it seems like they pink up sooner than other breeds.