9wk old white wyandotte/rock hen or rooster??? MORE PIX

[LuckyFarrell]

Just picked up this pullet? yesterday. In all my excitement, didn't notice how large the comb was. Help, pullet or cockeral???

thanks,
adam

 

[M@M@2four]

Looks like a pullet to me, but Wyandottes are supposed to have rose combs, not single combs.

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[Chickenrandomness]

thats defintily a roo, notice the spur growth. looks just like one of my roosters when he was little

 

[Chickenrandomness]

oh, by the way, Wyandottes are supposed to have rosecombs (there are some with defects of a single comb, but it isn't too common) could just be a white plymouth rock

 

[fshinggrl]

M@M@2four :

Looks like a pullet to me, but Wyandottes are supposed to have rose combs, not single combs.

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Yes, they are supposed to have rose combs, but my last batch of wyandottes were about 50/50. They were also very hard to tell if they were pullets or cockerals. I'd guess pullet with your photos, but a body shot might be helpful as well.​

 

[rcentner]

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dont let the nub fool you, I have a few hens with nubbins like that. the way I sort out hens vs roo's is to compare feathers, if the neck feathers are real stringy and long = roo same can be said for the feathers right infront of the tail. now if the nubbins grow bigger then another roo sign.

 

[LuckyFarrell]

thanks everybody, I'll try to get a full body shot b4 work!!!

 

[LuckyFarrell]

here are a couple whole body shots

thanks for your help

 

[LuckyFarrell]

The guy I bought her from said she was a wyandotte, but the more pix I look at online the more he/she looks like a white rock.

 

[M@M@2four]

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She actually looks like a wyandotte(atleast her wattles and body)--single comb does happen in wyandottes, but they should be rose combed.