15 wk chicken with a waddle...roo?

[FluffyColor]

My 15 week old "hens" have been doing great. Today, though, I noticed the RSL's comb is bigger compared to the Cochin's. "She" also has a waddle growing. Not big like a grown chicken's though. The Cochin has a tiny flab, but no real waddle.
Does this mean "Henryetta" is indeed "Henry"?

 

[Cat Water]

The red sex-link's comb was bigger? If it looks like the others, then it is a girl.

 

[Illia]

There's no mistaking a Sex Link. That's why they call it a sex link.

If she isn't red, yellow, or whatever color in between, but instead has a lot of white with red shoulders, she's a he. Otherwise, if she's the same reddish color as the others - She's just closer to laying eggs than the others.

 

[Happy Chooks]

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Yup.

 

[FluffyColor]

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I don't have other sex links. She's the only one.
She looks like the chicken in my avatar.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

My Golden Sex Links are about 4 months old. They are starting to look henly now and have wattles. The Girls get wattles too.

 

[gryeyes]

Sex-Links are the most easily sexed chicks in the world. That's why they call them sex-links. If she looks like the one in your avatar, she's definitely a she. Her reddening comb and wattles indicate getting closer to maturity and to laying.

Sex-links are sexed by their feather color upon hatching. The males are a totally different color.

I have a black sex-link, who isn't black now at all, but she was the ONLY chick I absolutely knew was a pullet from the get-go.

 

[JOSEYWALES]

I have 25 RSL's 15 weeks old +/-. Most of them have nice size waddles and comb some are even laying. It is most likely a girl.

 

[Kittymomma]

Like the others said, if she's a rsl then you have a girl. She's probably just much closer to laying then your other girls. One of my rsl's started laying at 16 weeks old and the other followed a week later. Both started laying much earlier then the rest of the flock. The comb/wattle development and change to red usually means they're very close to laying.

 

[sourland]

If your chicken has a waddle, it's a duck. If the comb and wattles on your red sex-link are developing, she is maturing and will lay shortly.