Help with Sexing of Silver Laced Wyndottes

[rsf31tmp]

crap! Thanks Katy.....looks like I hit the Roo Jackpot then......9 of 12 is about 75% rooooo.....CRAP!!!!

Hey.....who wants a Roo?

Get your SLW Roo here....cheap!!!!

 

[chickenlover54]

I agree 100% with Katy!

 

[rsf31tmp]

so what do I do with the 12 chicks....9 of them roos and only 3 or so pullets?

Eat the roos? Sell them? Keep one?

Anyone want a Roo?

 

[chickenlover54]

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I'll take one if you want to drive 4 hours! My sister lives in Springfield too!

 

[rsf31tmp]

well I am not crazy about driving that far, but in 3 hours I can make it to Janesville....also my parents live in Dwight, so I could throw a few in the truck if you wanted to meet me there sometime. If your sister wanted to make the 4 mile ride, I would giver her a couple of the roos...

 

[chickenlover54]

How do you make it to Janesville in 3 hours?!? I am 45 minutes south of Janesville and it takes me 4 hours to get to Springfield!

 

[luckychickmom]

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Because of the redness and size of their combs and wattles. I raise three varieties of wyandottes and the pullets do not get any red like yours have in their combs until they are several months old. Every once in a while I'll have a late blooming roo that fools me for a while, but I've never had a pullet fool me at the age yours are.

Question...I have read that SLW in particular have a tendency to pink up earlier than many other breeds, even the pullets. I did some searches on this topic several weeks ago because I have a SLW "pullet" that pinked at about 4 weeks. I found enough to support this occuring in SLW pullets to settle my mind for a while. Now I'm confused! Which way is it?? Thanks for any help!

 

[Katy]

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Because of the redness and size of their combs and wattles. I raise three varieties of wyandottes and the pullets do not get any red like yours have in their combs until they are several months old. Every once in a while I'll have a late blooming roo that fools me for a while, but I've never had a pullet fool me at the age yours are.

Question...I have read that SLW in particular have a tendency to pink up earlier than many other breeds, even the pullets. I did some searches on this topic several weeks ago because I have a SLW "pullet" that pinked at about 4 weeks. I found enough to support this occuring in SLW pullets to settle my mind for a while. Now I'm confused! Which way is it?? Thanks for any help!

I have not found that to be true. I could see it maybe with hatchery birds especially which tend to mature faster and start laying earlier than breeder birds, but I just know that my pullets take a long time. I've got three different color varieties of wyandottes and find it true of all of them.

If your "pullet" was pinking up at 4 weeks I'd be prepared for her to be a him. How old is it now?

 

[luckychickmom]

Katy, my SLW is now 7 weeks, and "she" is a hatchery bird. What do you think?

What do you think about my GLW? Pullet or roo?

 

[Katy]

I think the SLW is a roo and I can't see that well on the GLW, but I'm thinking that one may be a pullet. Does it have a single comb?

I've got some that are pretty much the same age.....I'll try and get some pictures of them tonight or tomorrow and post them. The pullets have no red at all yet.