Getting their combs? ***PICS***

[koakritters]

I know females can get combs too, depending on the breeds, but can they get them faster than males sometimes? I've got a bunch of GLW Xs that i thought for sure were females, they feathered super fast except one- boy, right? He's got about half the feathers they do at 4 weeks. But now the 'females' are all getting combs and he doesn't have anything at all... and then i've got others who i thought were females who don't have a comb... ?? Should i post pics of them all for your guys to look at? I've got a bunch...

 

[Yay Chicks!]

Pictures are always helpful

 

[Sphinx]

Pictures are really helpful, and I've noticed the gender questions get more traffic/responses on the "What breed/gender am I?" subforum.

I'm still just starting out, so I'm going to just sit back and see what the experts say.

 

[koakritters]

Ok, they were being very uncooperative for this!

I tried to show their back for feathering and their heads. Sorry I couldn't get the pics to shrink down.

Now in this one, i think the dark one is a boy

and this is a boy, maybe? it got its feathers fast like the others did, and has a big tail, but has the same feathering pattern as the other one i think i s a boy.

 

[koakritters]

anyone?

 

[Yay Chicks!]

There might be someone who can tell by feather colors, but not me. It would seem that your assessment of "the dark one" with the dark comb as a boy is most likely correct. Sometimes seeing legs helps too, as the boys tend to be thicker usually. Sometimes the body stance helps.

Edited for typo...I have got to do a better job of reading before posting...

 

[koakritters]

anyone have any ideas?

 

[kickenChickens]

Last might be a BR roo

 

[CowgirlPenny]

Maybe the experts will know. That second picture from the bottom.....well I've never seen anything like that before. It's comb is so wide,it must be a double comb. In fact, I can see two distinct sets of ridges, bumps, whatever you want to call them, them the red in the middle.

 

[Bearsfan]

The wide comb is a rosecomb. It is normal for the breed.