Hen or roo?

[crumptz]

[I bought four chicks hoping 4 hens but prepared for at least one roo. My chicks are four and a half weeks old. I'm pretty sure my golden laced is a rooster. Question... What about my Delaware? I think it's a hen but would love opinions...

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Are you sure those chicks are 4 1/2 weeks old? They look older than that. I'm not positive, but I think it's rooster. If it is beginning to develop wattles, it is probably a cockerel.

 

[crumptz]

I picked them up almost 5 weeks ago... Just sleepy fluff balls! The wyandottes are about 4-5 days older than my Delaware and my orp.

 

[Lady of McCamley]

I could go either way....the comb is not that big, and I've had hens with tiny wattles at an early age....so I am leaning towards pullet, BUT...

More concerning is the smudging between the wings on the back...that can be typical of the male pattern.

Waiting a couple of weeks and reposting will tell a lot more.

Here is a good sexing thread for Delawares
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/447744/sexing-delaware-chicksj

Lady of McCamley

 

[BantamLover21]

I'm thinking pullet on all of them, but it is a little young to be sure.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

I would be interested in seeing pictures of them when you got them - as Bantamfan said, they look older than you think they are and we might be able to put an age to "little puff ball" that would set your clock forward a week or more.

Edit to fix name - wrong Bantam ;-)

 

[crumptz]

Here they are day I brought them home. 2 wyandottes were week old and buff and Delaware were 2 days (or so I was told)

 

[Mountain Peeps]

Pullets

 

[crumptz]

I hope so!

 

[Wyandottes7]

They look like pullets to me, too.