Confused about Golden Sex Link “Pullet”

[Shelbysoobs]

Hello, I’m new to chicken keeping and got 3 sexed pullets from a local hatchery with 98% accuracy. My friend chicken keepers have told me they never received an accidental roo from this place, so I was feeling confident in their assessment.. from my initial research my golden sex link will get reddish feathers if she is pullet whereas Roos get mostly white feathers. She is almost completely feathered out with red and white so she looks like she will be a hen, but her comb is growing quicker than her Easter egger siblings (3 wks 4 days) and I noticed a reddish tinge today to the base. She is 4 wks 4 days.. could she end up being a roo even with her coloring??

 

[sourland]

She is a pullet, and very likely she will mature earlier than the two EE.

 

[ANiceKaren]

Hello, I’m new to chicken keeping and got 3 sexed pullets from a local hatchery with 98% accuracy. My friend chicken keepers have told me they never received an accidental roo from this place, so I was feeling confident in their assessment.. from my initial research my golden sex link will get reddish feathers if she is pullet whereas Roos get mostly white feathers. She is almost completely feathered out with red and white so she looks like she will be a hen, but her comb is growing quicker than her Easter egger siblings (3 wks 4 days) and I noticed a reddish tinge today to the base. She is 4 wks 4 days.. could she end up being a roo even with her coloring??

I would say it’s too early to tell! Regarding the comb.. Sex Links have a bigger comb than EE anyway so that could be what’s going on there! I have both breeds and my SL has a really good size comb whereas my EE have barely any. In the next few weeks keep an eye on “her” saddle feathers and those legs! My gut is telling me girl!

 

[Shelbysoobs]

I would say it’s too early to tell! Regarding the comb.. Sex Links have a bigger comb than EE anyway so that could be what’s going on there! I have both breeds and my SL has a really good size comb whereas my EE have barely any. In the next few weeks keep an eye on “her” saddle feathers and those legs! My gut is telling me girl!

Thank you so much!!! You’ve just made my day! Can’t have Roos in the burbs, can only have a max of 3 hens, and the feed store will only sell a minimum of 3 chicks, so my 2 EEs would be all alone if I needed to rehome the GSL.

 

[Shelbysoobs]

She is a pullet, and very likely she will mature earlier than the two EE.

Thank you so much, you’ve made my day!! I don’t have other birds of that breed to compare to since I only have the EEs I feel much better now.

 

[ANiceKaren]

Thank you so much!!! You’ve just made my day! Can’t have Roos in the burbs, can only have a max of 3 hens, and the feed store will only sell a minimum of 3 chicks, so my 2 EEs would be all alone if I needed to rehome the GSL.

Keep us posted!

 

[FunClucks]

I have 3 ISA Browns and one Golden Comet (all red sex-links pullets) and they looked just like your golden comet at that age. Definitely a pullet IMO.