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Thechickenman66
In the Brooder
- May 16, 2022
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Thank you so much!Also, welcome to BYC!
For 6 weeks it has a small, pale comb, pretty much no wattles, and even coloring. Males tend to have patchy coloring. For a blue bird, this tends to come as dark wing patches. Males will also have more comb/wattle growth.How can you tell it’s a hen? For 6 weeks it has a big comb and it has red in its wattles. I’m new so trying to learn!
Pullet combs tend to range from yellow to a light pink (as seen here), cockerels will be a much darker red.
For the wattle, I would expect to see it sagging down more for a roo and also be the same darker red.
A prime example to look at is picture number 1 in https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/my-crew.1527057/
Oh that is a good example with the sagging! That helps a lot! Thank you!Pullet combs tend to range from yellow to a light pink (as seen here), cockerels will be a much darker red.
For the wattle, I would expect to see it sagging down more for a roo and also be the same darker red.
A prime example to look at is picture number 1 in https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/my-crew.1527057/
Okay. All great to know. Thank you!For 6 weeks it has a small, pale comb, pretty much no wattles, and even coloring. Males tend to have patchy coloring. For a blue bird, this tends to come as dark wing patches. Males will also have more comb/wattle growth.