Can someone share pics of young wyandottes please?

[amandadrewry]

I have a 16 week old slw & blrw. This is my first experience with anything other than a single comb & I can't tell the boys from the girls!! I've seen a couple of the puffing their necks out at each other, which I'm assuming means they are little roo's, but then when I try to look at them I can't see a major difference. I do have a couple that are way smaller than the others, does that mean they are female? Any visual aids would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

 

[Sunshine0235]

It will help if you can post pictures of them, rather than get pictures to compare them to, but a good indicator at that age should be saddle feathers, if they are pointy, then its a male, if they are rounded, then its a female. Both females and males will puff up the neck feathers, so that not a good indicator.

If you look on my rooster(i know its not a wyandotte but all breeds have saddle feathers.) you can see the orange saddle feathers right before the tail, if either of them have anything like this starting, than its a roo,

A females saddle feathers should look like this :

 

[amandadrewry]

Ok thank you! I will try to get some pics today to put on here, but I have tried before and for some reason have trouble getting them to upload. I ended up with an "a" in that first sentence, but I actually have 4 slw & 6 blrw. I've heard people talk about the difference in the feathers before, but your the first to point out exactly what your talking about, so thank you for that!! Very helpful!

 

[jane s chickens]

What are blrw?

 

[Sunshine0235]

That means blue laced red wyandotte, one of these,

 

[amandadrewry]

Yes, blue laced red wyandottes, mine are not nearly that pretty though. I would love to get some like the one in the picture! Gorgeous!

 

[StarMeKritten]

4-5 month old pullets

4-5 month old cockerels

 

[amandadrewry]

Well compared to those pics I'm not sure if I have any roosters. I've tried several times to post pics today but they won't upload. Thank you for sharing!

 

[amandadrewry]

 

[amandadrewry]