Is Tess a Rooster...?

[imloulou]

OK...guys and gals...here is an update...

Tess is now 6 weeks old...the pic below was taken a week ago. I am having trouble figuring this out because all our hens have regular single, straight combs (cant remember what they are called exactly) Tess has a Rose Comb...which is way different.

She is sooooo much smaller than the other chickens but all our others are large breeds.

Whatcha think...Hen or Rooster?

*****************editing to add...I posted this originally before the site re-vamp (before there was a category for what breed or sex a chicken is). This post may need to be moved??

 

[wren]

Uh-oh. Roo. Just a guess, it's been a long time since I've had hamburgs.

 

[Frozen Feathers]

MMMMM hard to tell. If you check out Feathersite, some of the SSH pullets and hens have larger combs then others.

Feathersite SSH
I know, I'm so helpful...

 

[lurky]

Uh-oh......i say roo too. I forgot about getting to pics of mine, but they are 12 weeks and that comb is bigger. I'll try to get some pics on here tonight.

 

[3peeps]

Lurky, I'd like to see yours...I have a 4-week old Silver Laced Wyandotte. She's looking definately pink but it's just flat skin...barely any hint of comb.

 

[speckledhen]

Uh, oh, if your 4 week old SLW is pink, actually pink, you may have a rooster. Mine weren't pink even at 7 weeks old. It started as yellowy-pink, sort of. However, the roosters in that breed feather out differently in color pattern around the hackles, so if you post a picture, someone may be able to confirm that you have a boy.

 

[3peeps]

Oh my good lord...I have three "hens" and at least two are suspicious.



I'll get pics up in a separate post ASAP.

 

[speckledhen]

Here is one of my girls at 3 months old so you can see the comb area for comparison.

 

[lurky]

OK....here they are. One is a little blurry but it was the best i could do. Now one has a pea comb and one has a single. The one with them both is 10 weeks old and the other is 11 weeks. I hope these help.

 

[aran]

tess needs renamed as testicle! We have both SSH pullets and a roo and your lil girl looks exactly like our roo who is 6 weeks old now.