3-4 Week (Possibly 5-6) Old Leghorn, Roo?

[jossanne]

With that comb, that young, I'd wager you've got a little cockerel. My leghorn hens have big combs, but they didn't get big til just before they started laying.

 

[MontanaMomma]

Mine had huge floppy combs before they started laying. Don't do anything drastic until you are positive. Wait for rooster tail feathers and give them a chance to start laying. I'll look for a picture of mine before they started laying.

 

[jossanne]

This is one of my leghorn pullets at two months old, for you to compare to yours...

 

[jossanne]

This is a 3 week old leghorn pullet.

 

[jossanne]

And here's one at four months, about a month before she started laying...

 

[ve]

It is Leghorn and a boy

 

[gaz131]

hi mate just a tip for you to id if its a cockerel or pullet, take a hold of the bird and look at the back of the neck the feathers there on a cockerel are called the hackle feathers they grown to a point > and on the pullet they they are rounded off ) that's one way of telling male to female and the cockerel tail feathers will start growing a few that are slightly longer in length they start to curve and roll over pointing to the ground, as many have said the pullet has a floppy comb and the cockerel has a upright comb its 2 young at the moment to tell I would wait and see how the feathers and comb progress good luck.

 

[MontanaMomma]

That chicken MUST be older than you think it is. I was sure mine were roosters about two months before they started laying. They had big floppy combs and waddles- the whole shebang. I was freaking because I can't have roosters in town! From the look of your chicken, give it a month or two and it will either have rooster tail feathers or start laying. Good luck and keep us posted! MM

 

[LeBlackbird]

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