Blue Laced Red Wyandottes - Pullets or Roos???

[Fanny]

I was raising two BLRW chicks - there are some photos of them in this thread https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=226322 at 5 weeks and 9 weeks old... there wasn't a lot of difference at 9 weeks, but my hunch on which was which at that point turned out to be correct (1st BLRW was a roo, 2nd was a pullet). The major difference between those two was the size and colour of the wattles more than the comb.

 

[Katy]

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I've hatched a lot of them out over the last couple of years and I've gotten pretty good at who's who.

 

[chickenlover54]

#4 is def. a girl and the rest are boys

 

[SpeckledPullet]

I think 1, 4, and 5 are pullets.

You should look at some of my threads and you can see the BLRWs I hatched and had people guessing on the genders. They can be very tricky, but maybe some of my pics can help you compare.

 

[Tuffoldhen]

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I've hatched a lot of them out over the last couple of years and I've gotten pretty good at who's who.

Katy and I both have LF and bantams!

 

[SpeckledPullet]

I forgot to ask ... how old are these birds? Are thy hatchery?

 

[berriesncream]

Sorry. They are 5 weeks old and yes, they're from McMurray.

 

[SpeckledPullet]

Uh oh, in that case I think #5 might be the only pullet. I am on the fence about #1, but still leaning towards roo. In my first post, I was assuming they were 6-7 weeks.

 

[ChickyLaura]

Hmmm... *As ChickyLaura rushes out to check her 4 week old Wyandottes*

 

[HorseFeathers]

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Agrees with Katy!

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