18+ week old Wyandotte gender

[TheOddOneOut]

Thank all for the responses. Is there a certain feature (like tail and saddle feathers) that you are using to determine this for this breed at this age?

She just isn’t a rooster,
We don’t need to dither about saddles or comb or pattern at this age - she is just 100% a female, as she possesses no male traits.

 

[wb2001]

She just isn’t a rooster,
We don’t need to dither about saddles or comb or pattern at this age - she is just 100% a female, as she possesses no male traits.

Ok. I was just trying to not post photos of every one of our chickens to ID them myself.

Her comb (fleshy red thing on her head) is the wrong shape for her breed - Wyandottes have a rose comb (here’s an example of a rose comb - one of my birds, she’s a diff. breed. )
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VS a single comb, the typical crown spikey, a single comb.View attachment 2486490
Her comb is wrong for her breed, but that doesn’t mean she’s not purebred. It just means someone was breeding for the most possible chicks to sell, not the breed quality of each chick.

Got it, thanks. I was thinking rose as in color. We bought our chicks from Tractor Supply thinking we were getting eight Brahma’s. It turned out to one Speckled Sussex and seven Wyandotte’s (all with the single combs). I won’t be purchasing chicks from Tractor Supply again..

 

[coach723]

Pullet. Female under 1 year old. She does not have saddle feathers or pointed hackle feathers. Also males will usually have red shoulders. Picture below of a roo, with the correct comb.

Wyandottes are supposed to have rose combs. Hatchery birds and those with less than pure lines can have incorrect combs. I had a hatchery wyandotte hen (recently passed) that had a single comb also. Doesn't matter unless you are breeding for show or standard, rather than just for enjoyment or eggs. Lots of comb charts on the web.

 

[nuthatched]

Ok. I was just trying to not post photos of every one of our chickens to ID them myself.

Got it, thanks. I was thinking rose as in color. We bought our chicks from Tractor Supply thinking we were getting eight Brahma’s. It turned out to one Speckled Sussex and seven Wyandotte’s (all with the single combs). I won’t be purchasing chicks from Tractor Supply again..

It's not tractor supplys fault, the hatcheries that send them are supposed to include paperwork and labels on what breeds the chicks are, since the hatcheries (hence the bad comb, usually Hoovers) aren't usually the best, the paperwork is typically wrong. The employees are just going by what the labels are on the boxes.

 

[Egghead_Jr]

@coach723 Where'd you get the photo of BLRW? I did a web search on the name "bluff country shetlands" and only see facebook. Curious about them as that looks to be good stock.

 

[coach723]

It was in an online article on wyandotte colors, just a stock photo, I think.

 

[3KillerBs]

The saddle feathers say "pullet" for sure.

The comb may be non-standard for her supposed breed, but her pattern is stunning!