Do I have a roo or Hen? Any info will help.

[cherrynberry]

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!

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.

 

[vibackyardchicks]

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/

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!

 

[vibackyardchicks]

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.

Okay. All great to know. Thank you!

 

[Thechickenman66]

Also, welcome to BYC!

Thank you so much!