Hatching with comb. Rooster?

[Donna Jeanne]

Hi. I am hatching backyard mix eggs from a brown and black Frizzle silkie rooster or a backyard mix silkie rooster with female barred rock, silkie or mottled Cochin hens. I have had a few hatch with decent sized combs. Are they roosters or do certain breeds have that characteristic? Thank you!!

 

[Olivekat07]

Hi. I am hatching backyard mix eggs from a brown and black Frizzle silkie rooster or a backyard mix silkie rooster with female barred rock, silkie or mottled Cochin hens. I have had a few hatch with decent sized combs. Are they roosters or do certain breeds have that characteristic? Thank you!!

Can you post a picture?

 

[Donna Jeanne]

 

[Table4Six]

I have to admit, that's a lot of comb for such recently hatched chicks. Very interesting. Have any hatched with smaller combs?

 

[Donna Jeanne]

I have three with lines, and then this one.

 

[Donna Jeanne]

The rest look like this:

 

[Art_plus_chickens]

I too had that happen on a batch of olive eggers I hatched for my sis in law! Following along!

 

[Table4Six]

Hmm.... the make a prediction quick part of me wants to say the ones with the larger combs are more likely to be cockerels, but I also know that pullets tend to grow faster than the male chicks. If the majority of the chicks have the smaller combs that would hold true to the 60% cockerels to only the 40% being pullets. But who knows
I'm just making guesses
It'll be interesting to see if this trait plays a role in gender.
Keep us updated @Donna Jeanne

 

[Cyprus]

In my experience of hatching chicks, the chicks that hatched with larger combs were male.
Adding my judgement of their head spots confirms that belief. I would say that the second picture is a male.

 

[Donna Jeanne]

Thanks. My gut says they’re male too. Will update in a week or so. Thank you!!!