Is my brown leghorn a roo?

[ggrap]

Girl. Single combed brown leghorns have pretty good sized combs and look more boyish by that size. Rose comb brown leghorns are a little harder to sex.

 

[dolly85]

I would bet pullet. A cockeral at this point would have a much redder comb.

 

[SunnyDayz]

We had 6 leghorns... one pullet and 5 roos. All of the roos had combs like that. The hen's comb got bigger, but not until she was older. Her comb was bigger than the other (non-leghorn) pullets though, but not that big nor red.

you never know though! Wait if it crows soon, you'll know!

 

[Wnner Wnner Ckn Dnner]

Looks like a roo to me.

 

[Ravynia_30]

Well, I sure am glad we got that settled! LOL

She has NO black feathers on her chest. Her comb isn't red at all. and the other chick/young pullet in with her is Rusti the RIR.. and has this tiny little comb, so even if Coco's comb is normal for a young leghorn pullet... it looks HUGE compared to Rusti's.

Either way, I have decided to continue my search for an Americauna breeding pair.

 

[donrae]

Vote for the girl team! Going by color of her body and lack of color on her comb. I'm betting you'll get white eggs in a few months

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

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[chicknhawaii]

Put me down for a pullet vote.

 

[Reyvaughn]

As Fancyfowl4ever said, black chest = boy. Your BLH looks just like my 3 pullets (6wks old) and nothing at all like my roo. My roo has nice, bright red, 1/2" long wattles and at least a 1" comb already. Plus, a black chest.

Go look for your Ameraucana pair - you're safe - and let me know if you get blues or lavenders!

 

[orientphoenix]

it has to be a pullet, usually boys would have change colors already