8 week old Gold Laced Wyandotte : roo or pullet?

[PD-Riverman]

it's comb would be MUCH larger!

Might be a hen----I am looking at the saddle feathers-----they seem to be showing in a couple pics! So you are saying at 8 weeks its comb would Be MUCH Larger???

 

[PD-Riverman]

This is a SLW roo next to an EE roo. See how his comb is pink and large at 3 weeks?




Another roo with pullets behind him (3weeks).

You saying this pic is of a 3 week old-----What you feeding it??? LOL

 

[LilJoe]

Might be a hen----I am looking at the saddle feathers-----they seem to be showing in a couple pics! So you are saying at 8 weeks its comb would Be MUCH Larger???

In these photos I cannot see saddle feathers. And yes, me cockerels at that age had much larger combs.

In the laced variety of wyandotte there is a color difference that difines males and females. Unless of course, they are poorly bred.

 

[PD-Riverman]

Thank you PD-Riverman....Dang...second time...this happened last spring too.

LOL, as you see you can get different opinions----Can and will you do us a favor----come back to this post in another month and show us a new pic with what you feel it is at that time so we can Learn. Thanks

 

[LilJoe]

You saying this pic is of a 3 week old-----What you feeding it??? LOL

Well don't remember their exact age when I took the pics but 3-4 weeks I'm sure

 

[PD-Riverman]

Well don't remember their exact age when I took the pics but 3-4 weeks I'm sure

Well let me say this-----I have raised/breed hundreds of this breed and 1000's and 1000's of chicks. I promise you your pic is of a chick a lot older that 3 to 4 weeks.

 

[LilJoe]

Well let me say this-----I have raised/breed hundreds of this breed and 1000's and 1000's of chicks. I promise you your pic is of a chick a lot older that 3 to 4 weeks.

5-6 weeks then because we didn't let them out till seven weeks and they were never let out yet.
The cockerels' combs are still larger than the pullet ' s at 1 day old!
I was only trying to tell the OP that her bird's comb is not large enough to be a cockerel.

 

[Cajoledn2it]

LilJoe and PD-Riverman, thank you both as I learned a lot from your replies. Here is close up shot of tail

Last seasons GLW roo started crowing at 11 weeks, so we definitely will know in 3 weeks. I'll keep you both posted. Thank you.

 

[LilJoe]

Thank you! The tail isn't black and doesn't have sickle feathers so I'm still going for hen

Thank you Cajole for (going to )keeping us updated!

 

[PD-Riverman]

LilJoe and PD-Riverman, thank you both as I learned a lot from your replies. Here is close up shot of tail

Last seasons GLW roo started crowing at 11 weeks, so we definitely will know in 3 weeks. I'll keep you both posted. Thank you.

Cajoledn2it, you mentioned in your first post you felt this was a rooster----what makes you feel it is? This pic makes me feel more that it is a pullet??