4 week old blue laced red wyandotte

[Chickensandicedcoffee]

I ordered 3 pullets and got and extra with my order, so four total. 2 of them are growing slower and I'm not sure if they are cockerals, I know they are a difficult breed to sex until like 6-8weeks but I'm just trying to prepare haha..

 

[Tookie]

Cockerels.

 

[Tookie]

Also welcome to BYC!

 

[Chickensandicedcoffee]

Also welcome to BYC!

Thank you so much and oh boy.. I wasn't sure because I've had wyandottes before and they always look like males but these ones def looked alittle different, is there anyway to tell beside waddled and comb at this age? Or is that just a dead give away? Lol I've heard about feather pattern but not sure what the differences are! Thanks again !

 

[Tookie]

Thank you so much and oh boy.. I wasn't sure because I've had wyandottes before and they always look like males but these ones def looked a little different, is there anyway to tell beside waddled and comb at this age? Or is that just a dead give away? Lol I've heard about feather pattern but not sure what the differences are! Thanks again !

Your welcome!
At this age comb and wattle development is the only indication. At around 12 weeks the cockerels will start growing in male specific feathering, which is saddle, hackle, and sickle feathers. Some breeds you can tell by feather patterns, the cockerels will have a completely different pattern than the pullets, such as Welsummers.

 

[Sammi_0411]

Yeh @Tookie rite all look to be cockerels I'm afraid xx

 

[Chickensandicedcoffee]

Yeh @Tookie rite all look to be cockerels I'm afraid xx

So here's an update they just hit 6 weeks this past monday 8/22.. the blur one in the first picture def no doubt in my mind is a male lol.. but my black laced one is still a ? ... the waddles and comb have not grown or gotten any more red since the last picture I posted at 4 weeks.. the other has grown like crazy, so still thinking male?

 

[JedJackson]

I think the one with the large wattles and broad breast standing on your arm is most likely a cockerel. The other two may well be pullets.