Help, is my Wyandotte a roo or hen?

[cjpines]

Hi everyone, My Wyandotte is, I think, 3 1/2 months old. The hatchery thinks she is 80% hen, as of 3 weeks ago, Does anyone know what if she is a roo or hen.

Thanks group.

 

[donrae]

I'm leaning toward cockerel, although he's kind of slow to mature.

 

[cjpines]

I'm leaning toward cockerel, although he's kind of slow to mature.

What are the signs that you know it's a cockerel? Just learning what to look for.

Byt-the-way we lived in southern Oregon 3 years ago in Cave Junction. Loved Grants Pass.

 

[donrae]

I worked in CJ/ the IV as a Home Health nurse for a few years. Met some wonderful folks out there, but man did I have to go to some scary looking houses sometimes

. When I didn't have cell service I'd get pretty nervous at times....

What I'm looking at on your bird is the white patches on the shoulders, and what looks to me to be the start of saddle feathers hanging down in front of the tail. I'm not positive, at this age I'd usually expect to see more obvious signs of a cockerel (larger comb, a more noticeable difference in the coloring vs pullet coloring, perhaps more saddle feathers), but what it has is enough to lean me that direction. Plus, the bird just does not look feminine.

None of this is 100%. I've seen mature hens with those patches of white on the shoulders. Google images of slw hens and roosters and you can easily see the difference in coloring, it's quite obvious as they mature. As a rule, the first sign is those white patches on the shoulders.

 

[Michael OShay]

I'm leaning toward cockerel, although he's kind of slow to mature.

What I'm looking at on your bird is the white patches on the shoulders, and what looks to me to be the start of saddle feathers hanging down in front of the tail. I'm not positive, at this age I'd usually expect to see more obvious signs of a cockerel (larger comb, a more noticeable difference in the coloring vs pullet coloring, perhaps more saddle feathers), but what it has is enough to lean me that direction. Plus, the bird just does not look feminine.

None of this is 100%. I've seen mature hens with those patches of white on the shoulders. Google images of slw hens and roosters and you can easily see the difference in coloring, it's quite obvious as they mature. As a rule, the first sign is those white patches on the shoulders.

I agree with both of donrae's posts.

 

[cjpines]

Hi everyone, My Wyandotte is, I think, 3 1/2 months old. The hatchery thinks she is 80% hen, as of 3 weeks ago, Does anyone know what if she is a roo or hen.

Thanks group.