6 weeks today....gender??

[chickiemama27]

Can you all help me with this? Do either of these pullets look like cockeral to you? They turned six weeks old today

 

[Lady of McCamley]

I'm sorry both the Barred Rock (bird #1) and the Silver Laced Wyandotte (bird #2) appear to be male.

Sometimes you get lucky with BR as the girls can be precocious and develop comb size early, but redness will always indicate male. I think with that size of comb at 6 weeks, it is male, but you can wait a couple of more weeks before calling.

SLW is male, all male. Fleshy red comb and wattles at 6 weeks.

LofMc

 

[chickiemama27]

I'm sorry both the Barred Rock (bird #1) and the Silver Laced Wyandotte (bird #2) appear to be male.

Sometimes you get lucky with BR as the girls can be precocious and develop comb size early, but redness will always indicate male. I think with that size of comb at 6 weeks, it is male, but you can wait a couple of more weeks before calling.

SLW is male, all male. Fleshy red comb and wattles at 6 weeks.

LofMc

I really appreciate you sharing. The last flock we received was purchased through someone and they were eight months old and all hens. We ordered 16 hens this time, but I kind of suspected these two might be males, which is why I asked. Thank you so much. The Barred rock is the friendliest chicken I’ve ever been around. So much personality!