Red Gold Sex Link Looks like a Cockerel

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I bought 15 golden comets from the Co-Op this spring. (also referred to as gold sex link and I believe red sex link)

The hens are an orange color at hatching and turn a rust color as they mature. The cockerels are white upon hatching and stay pretty much white as they mature.

I'll try to get a picture of the one I am questioning this evening, but it is an orange bird, but it has a much larger comb than the rest and much larger wattles...

I seem to remember reading that a gold comet is a RIR crossed with a New Hampshire... Could the comb and wattles just be a trait of it's RIR heritage?

Or could this just be a shaver red that got mixed in? [Saw the shaver reds in the breeds section]

I'll add an image this evening.
 
Image would help. But if they are near point of lay, their combs and wattles will grow and get large/bright red. Might not have anything to worry about. If you got them in the spring, it's about time for them to mature. Boys would have had a big comb at a few months and started to crow most likely.
 
Yes, a pic will help greatly for us to help you out. I have Golden Reds (aka red sex links) and they are beautiful. They are good layers to.
 
Golden comets are a cross between a White Rock hen and a New Hampshire Red rooster. Their combs and wattles are definitely roo-ish looking when they are getting ready to lay.
 
These are my 'normal' hens: (there are 13 just like this)

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And this is the oddball:

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I should mention I did get my first egg this morning. A picture of it is posted in the First Eggs thread...

They are all going on 16 weeks. Currently 3 months: 3 weeks
 
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My Goldie looks just like your oddball, except with more white feathers in the back. And she is definitely all girl. She's been sitting in the nest box and squatting when I pet her. Also my cockeral keeps mounting her, so apparently he knows she's close to laying. I'm not sure why she's the only one he's picking on, since I have several others that are as close as she is.
 
Does look like a roo and very well may be, but remember, chickens grow at different stages and rates. I have some hens with hardly any cone or wattle and then I have hens the same age with big cones and wattles. So this chicken could be a she or a he. I guess you'll find out for sure if it "crows". LOL
 
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Okay, here is an illustration of a Golden Comet rooster from Mt. Healthy's website:

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If you still think you have a rooster, then it isn't a Golden Comet. Here is a picture of my GC pullet taken at a little over 16 weeks. She's almost 18 weeks now and her wattles are almost twice as big.
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I knew that GC roosters are supposed to be white. That's why I questioned whether it was a true GC or if another breed got mixed in. I am convinced it is actually a hen now. It is probably the one that laid the egg I found yesterday morning...

No eggs today though...

The thing about my roo is that he mounts just about every other hen besides the one with a comb... lol

Oh well, I am building a seperate yard for him this weekend so my girls can get some relief from his CONSTANT harrassment... I think they'll all get along a little faster then. They have to be stressed.

I didn't really want to put him in with them, but I couldn't keep him closed up in the small roost he was in that I used as a brooder this spring. Once I get a small yard built for him, out he goes...

Thanks for the comments and clarification...


Steve
 

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