I think yours is a pullet! My giveaway on my bird is the waddles. Yours doesn't have those and her comb isn't that large. Also the behavior. I wouldn't worry about the white. My friends grown Meyer laying SS has a full white chest.
I agree, at 5 weeks the comb would be more developed. Our maran rooster's comb popped up out of nowhere at 3 weeks. But our mixed rooster took until 8 weeks. His comb still isn't as big but it's bigger and redder than the girls, and he has the huge legs of a rooster. What makes you think rooster? Just the white?
Well, I followed steps to reattach the air cells. That worked. After talking it through with others in the hatch-a-long, we determined my temp and humidity were off.
When we did shipped eggs we were told to not turn them for the first few days so the air cell can reattach. We had quite a few make it pretty far but none hatched. Shipped eggs are tough. They say 25% hatch rate is good on shipped eggs. Hopefully your broody has better luck since you picked them up. Can't wait to hear how it goes.
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