any Help would be awesome

[Willowspirit]

My SLW's started laying at 20 weeks. In December.

so your guess is pullet or cockeral?

 

[Cbarton1993]

so your guess is pullet or cockeral?

Cockerel that’s what I’m wanting it to be.

 

[Parront]

How can you tell again, I’m hoping for a boy

Round Neck (hackle) feathers for a girl. Rounded tail area feathers instead of pointed ones. Roosters have long arched tail feathers, "Sickles".

 

[Nelson-Collier]

My SLW's started laying at 20 weeks. In December.

Then, if they are all the same age, (20 weeks), then the "rooster" would have started mating with the hens by now. It's not a rooster, just a larger hen that grew faster. I am 99.9% confident in this. It would have started crowing by 6 weeks and mating by 16. Sorry man.

https://www.answers.com/Q/How_old_is_a_rooster_when_it_starts_to_mate_with_the_hens

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/rooster-age-for-breeding.298913/

 

[Willowspirit]

How can you tell again, I’m hoping for a boy

I understand. First her comb is fairly small. It could be bigger and redder and it might still be a she. Big legs are common in girls. She is young to have mature feather patterns but they are hen. If you do google hen and roo images for slws you'll be amazed at how similar they are. Also she walks like a female.

If its a roo, you'll be thrilled!

 

[Willowspirit]

This is my 2 year old hen. Head that looks like a roo.

 

[Parront]

This is my 2 year old hen. Head that looks like a roo.View attachment 1783077

Nice looking hen. See how round her neck feathers are?

 

[Cbarton1993]

Then, if they are all the same age, (20 weeks), then the "rooster" would have started mating with the hens by now. It's not a rooster, just a larger hen that grew faster. I am 99.9% confident in this. It would have started crowing by 6 weeks and mating by 16. Sorry man.

https://www.answers.com/Q/How_old_is_a_rooster_when_it_starts_to_mate_with_the_hens

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/rooster-age-for-breeding.298913/

Mine SLW is only 8 weeks old tho

 

[Willowspirit]

Nice looking hen. See how round her neck feathers are?

she's very sweet too. Except she's still bossing around the pullets!

 

[Parront]

Mine SLW is only 8 weeks old tho

Sometimes you have to wait until they molt as an adult to see the adult feathers. But check the neck and tail feathers for points!