Is my BLR Wyandotte a girl or boy?

[herechickchick]

I think she is a girl. Fully feathered at about 4 1/2 weeks old (she is close to 6 weeks now). What do you think?

 

[bangor777]

I am sooo new at this, but if I guessed i'd say girl. Wouldn't she have waddles by now if she were a boy? Hope you get some answers

 

[coffeemama]

Well have you had her since a chick? It's my understanding that the roos are dark like this:

and hens are varying shades of lighter like this:

It looks like a hen to me, but not sure

and from Feathersite:
this says it's a roo

and this a hen:

 

[herechickchick]

Yes I hatched her and she was very light.

 

[speckledhen]

I'll go against the flow and say cockerel. I see pink wattles and pink in the comb unless that's a trick of the light. At four weeks, I'd not think you'd see pink yet in a Wyandotte pullet, would you? And I've seen light and dark in both sexes.

 

[Katy]

I"m tending to agree with Cyn. I've found tho that there have been some of my BLRW that it took forever...or it seemed like forever.....to know for sure. I've got a hen that I was sure was a roo for the longest time. I've never heard that chick color can help you sex them. If it's a light color chick it'll be a light blue or splash...dark chick will be dark blue....I haven't found it has anything to do with the color of them. I would say tho that with that much red in the wattles already I'd say roo at this point in time.

 

[herechickchick]

Cynthia she/he is about 6 weeks now and the photos were taken today, she/he was feathered out at 4 1/2 weeks (he/she feathered out very fast which I thought was strange because I have never had a wyandotte fill out so quickly). I fear it may be a boy as well but I am hoping for a girl.

 

[scgamecock]

All rose combs are hard to tell at an early age.

 

[Katy]

Here's a picture of one of my pullets at 7 weeks

And one of my roos at the same age

 

[herechickchick]

Yeah she is looking a little rooish isn't she.