8 week old Blue Laced Red Wyandotte... Hen or Roo??

[jbsmommy07]

I have 3 8 week old blue laced red wyandottes and one in particular looks different from the other 2. "She" has developed really fast and has a nice developing comb and wattle already. Let me know if you guys think I have a cockerel or a pullet? I will post a few pics. The last pic is one of my other BLRW.

 

[Griffinsong]

Your suspect does indeed look like a cockerel. Redder comb and the darker feathers on the wing suggest it. Wyandottes can be tricky though.

 

[K Spot]

I have 3 8 week old blue laced red wyandottes and one in particular looks different from the other 2. "She" has developed really fast and has a nice developing comb and wattle already. Let me know if you guys think I have a cockerel or a pullet? I will post a few pics. The last pic is one of my other BLRW


. Rooster

Pullet

 

[donrae]

Cockerel.

 

[jbsmommy07]

Thanks guys! I think so too! Oddly enough, he/she is one of the sweetest of all my 9 chicks. I will post an updated picture in a couple of weeks. Here is another picture that I took today of him/her beside another one of my blue laced reds(left). Do you think that she is in fact a pullet?

 

[jbsmommy07]

Okay, it has been a few weeks so I thought I would upload a recent photo. He/she is now 12 weeks old this week.

What do you think? Still a roo? I'm not seeing any saddle feathers yet.

 

[donrae]

He's getting very handsome!

Hackle feathers usually start around 12-14 weeks, so lack of them right now isn't an indicator of gender. You should be able to see the difference in his lacing with your other birds.

 

[jbsmommy07]

Thank you!! Maybe I just don't know what to look for with the lacing. I'm going to show you pics of my other 2.

Him aka 'Tyson'

'Lacey'

'Cutie Pie'

 

[Speakeasychicks]

Thank you!! Maybe I just don't know what to look for with the lacing. I'm going to show you pics of my other 2.

Him aka 'Tyson'

'Lacey'

'Cutie Pie'

What did it end up being, mine looks like this...

 

[TheOddOneOut]

What did it end up being, mine looks like this...

This was years ago. Maybe I can help?
Can I see pics?