Cocrel, or Pullet?

[Winsor Woods]

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With the GLW's you won't see the comb on the girls at that age. In fact, my GLW's are now 8-9 weeks old and there's really no comb on the girls except for a single little nubbin at the very top (furthest away from the beak) of the standard comb area. I'll try to snap a photo today of that.

Dan

 

[Winsor Woods]

Ok, I was leafing through my files and I found some pics that I still had on the camera from last week, so the chickens are 8 weeks old.

Here's a Hen:

Here's two Hens with a roo (same one from the previous post) in the background:

I first started noticing the comb growth on the roos at about 3-4 weeks of age. I wasn't looking for it so it may have started earlier but if you see the GLW with comb growth, it's a roo. As you see, the Hens at 8 weeks still have little to show. Wyandottes are known for their rose combs anyways so I was surprised to see the typical comb coming in on the GLW roos until I did a little research and found that is normal for them. My roo SLW has a rose comb though and long beard compared to the hens.

Dan

 

[<3<3 I <3 Chickens <3<3]

The reason why i think my chick is a cockrell is because of it's orange like coloring your golden lace cockrell doesn't have that.

 

[Winsor Woods]

<3<3 I <3 Chickens <3<3 :

my chick is exactly 3 weeks 5 days old. how do you put pictures on without using a link too? the reason why they are blurry is because my chick moves alot. I will try to get a better pic, do you think it would help if i put it next to a girl?

Here's the instructions for posting pics:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=504

Dan​

 

[cmom]

I've used rooster-red's Rooster reform on a couple of bully hens too.

 

[Winsor Woods]

<3<3 I <3 Chickens <3<3 :

The reason why i think my chick is a cockrell is because of it's orange like coloring your golden lace cockrell doesn't have that.

For me it wasn't about coloring at all. I've got a wide range of hues in my batch of 6 GLW's. I've got two cockerals and four pullets. One of my pullets I named "Raven" because she has very little orange on her body compared to the rest of the flock. There's even a difference between the two boys. The only way I could tell was by the comb, which you'll see is a huge difference. By week 4 you'll be able to tell.

Dan​

 

[<3<3 I <3 Chickens <3<3]

my chick will be 6 weeks tomorrow!!!!

 

[<3<3 I <3 Chickens <3<3]

here is a picture of a girl and the maby-rooster

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

It may still end up being a pullet. A cockerel's comb will get more red in it before a pullet does, generally speaking.

And why does "he" need to be tamed? If the chick is still small like in the picture, all you can really do is just make sure you handle it a lot.

 

[Winsor Woods]

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my chick will be 6 weeks tomorrow!!!!

I'm confused now....

Is it 3 weeks and 5 days or is it 6 weeks? Either way, if you see a full comb coming in, it's a boy. By six weeks old, the combs on my cockerels were developed enough that you couldn't ignore it if you wanted to. If you don't see a comb like shown in my pics, you've got a pullet. Again this is only for the GLW's.

Dan​