Are My Golden Comets Pullets or Cockerels?

[TheAlarmCluck]

I just bought 8 Golden Comets and 2 Easter Eggers at Tractor Supply. The EEs were sexed pullets, but the Golden Comets were straight run. I was wondering what was the best way to tell if they are male/female. The Golden Comets are a bit older and bigger than the Easter Eggers; the easter eggers are the ones with no speckles and just brown/yellow down (They were sleeping when I took the picture).

 

[JaeG]

Golden Comets are a sex linked breed. Girls are golden (chicks like yours) and boys are white so are light yellow as chicks.

 

[LateBirdFarms]

Golden comets are a sex linked hybrid production red, all females will have reddish gold down, the males are much much lighter, making it possible to tell the difference at hatch.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

The EEs are too young. There are some good threads for sexing EEs. Post pics in a few weeks and we'll see what you have.

 

[TheAlarmCluck]

Golden Comets are a sex linked breed. Girls are golden (chicks like yours) and boys are white so are light yellow as chicks.

Are you saying that my chicks are pullets?
Thanks!

 

[Aapomp831]

Are you saying that my chicks are pullets?
Thanks!

TSC should have had a sign saying pullets. Sex linked chickens are bred specifically to know the gender at hatch. They don’t sell golden Comet cockerels at all.... any bin with possible cockerels would have been a breed, not a hybrid and labeled “straight run.”

 

[NatJ]

the Golden Comets were straight run.

The sign was wrong.
Your Golden Comets are all females.
(I'm guessing you don't mind that kind of sign error )

 

[Aapomp831]

The sign was wrong.
Your Golden Comets are all females.
(I'm guessing you don't mind that kind of sign error )

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