I have “4 Silver laced wyandottes” and I need help sexing one of them.

[Paradisefarmshomestead]

Hey guys! I have 4 silver laced wyandottes, (a lady sold me these from her backyard and that is what she told me). I know for a fact 2 are roosters and one is a hen. The fourth one has left me scratching my head. I haven’t been able to figure out if it has laid any eggs just given the conditions of my coop. Just by looking at it and comparing it to it’s rooster brother what do you think? The rooster is behind her/him and has long tail feathers that are greenish and very long unlike her/his.

 

[Pyxis]

That one is also a cockerel. It also isn't a silver laced wyandotte; it looks to be a mixed breed of some kind.

 

[Rammy]

I agree. The one behind it looks like a SLW, but the other one is a mix breed possibly.

 

[Paradisefarmshomestead]

That one is also a cockerel. It also isn't a silver laced wyandotte; it looks to be a mixed breed of some kind.

Thanks! This makes me so sad. When she sold them to us she said they had even been sexed at a local fair at 4 months old and were all hens. It was our first foray into buying chickens and we got easily duped! Thanks for this!

 

[Paradisefarmshomestead]

I agree. The one behind it looks like a SLW, but the other one is a mix breed possibly.

Thank you!!

 

[Shadow Source]

That is a great looking rooster. It looks kind of like a Millie Fleur SLW cross don't it? What a pretty bird!!

 

[Pyxis]

Thanks! This makes me so sad. When she sold them to us she said they had even been sexed at a local fair at 4 months old and were all hens. It was our first foray into buying chickens and we got easily duped! Thanks for this!

Sorry that happened to you! By four months old an experienced chicken breeder shouldn't need to bring her birds to a fair to have them sexed; their sex would be obvious (barring a couple hard to sex breeds like silkies). It sounds like she either didn't know what she was doing or was looking to offload some roosters on you

 

[Yukidongo]

Hey guys! I have 4 silver laced wyandottes, (a lady sold me these from her backyard and that is what she told me). I know for a fact 2 are roosters and one is a hen. The fourth one has left me scratching my head. I haven’t been able to figure out if it has laid any eggs just given the conditions of my coop. Just by looking at it and comparing it to it’s rooster brother what do you think? The rooster is behind her/him and has long tail feathers that are greenish and very long unlike her/his.

That is, first of all, not a SILVER Laced Wyandotte. It is a Rooster, IMO.

 

[Paradisefarmshomestead]

Sorry that happened to you! By four months old an experienced chicken breeder shouldn't need to bring her birds to a fair to have them sexed; their sex would be obvious (barring a couple hard to sex breeds like silkies). It sounds like she either didn't know what she was doing or was looking to offload some roosters on you

It was def an offload type of situation. The hen lays green/blue eggs. For that reason I think I’ll keep 2 roosters and get rid of the third. It sucks cause they are so pretty. One of them is aggressive and hurting our hen, so when i find out which one that will be the goner.

 

[Paradisefarmshomestead]

That is, first of all, not a SILVER Laced Wyandotte. It is a Rooster, IMO.

Thanks! It’s a bummer situation but I guess it happens. I wasn’t concerned about the breed, I just wanted laying pullets!!