Are these chicks hens or roosters?

[Namelesschick]

[/url] [/IMG] They are 6 weeks old. It’s one Hamburg and one Chaamse hoen (a Dutch breed) one of them is gonna have a rosecomb.

 

[featheredplanets]

1 and 3 are cockerels. 2 is a pullet.

 

[Namelesschick]

Are you sure? On a different site I asked and 2 people said they were pullets...

 

[featheredplanets]

Pullets just shouldn’t have combs that size at 6 weeks old. I have a Leghorn pullet, they’re notorious for their huge floppy combs, but her comb was still small and yellow till she started laying at 21 weeks. I’m confident he’s a cockerel (the Chaamse Hoen). You can post more pics when he’s 12 weeks old, if you want, by then his comb/wattles should be red and you should start seeing pointed saddle feathers coming in.

 

[Namelesschick]

Alright, thanks! I’ll keep you updated!

 

[Namelesschick]

Hey,
I just noticed something about these chicks, they both have these small bumps on their legs, is this a spur? Is this a sign that they are both males?

 

[Namelesschick]

They are also starting to develop wattles, isn’t this a little early at 6 weeks old?

 

[Ebony Rose]

Those small bumps are where spurs grow, but it is not a gender specific trait. Hens can also have the nubs (and grow spurs).

 

[Namelesschick]

alright thanks! And what about the wattles? Does that mean they’re males?

 

[Ebony Rose]

Eventually both genders get wattles, however, it's common for those of cockerels to become evident and often start to turn pink, or red by six weeks of age.