My 8ish week old Golden Laced Wyandotte…cockerel? 😒

[Trice71]

Hi all!! This forum has been so helpful. I’ve been scrolling through all of the threads on determining gender. I’m pretty sure my GLW is a he even though supposed to be a she. Can y’all confirm? It’s pretty disheartening because I’ve become so attached to them all.

 

[AmeraucanaHank]

Yes, I am sorry to inform you that he is a he. You can't keep him? Why?

 

[MysteryChicken]

I see saddles starting, so yep a cockerel.

 

[Trice71]

Yes, I am sorry to inform you that he is a he. You can't keep him? Why?

Dang! I don’t believe the Village allows roosters but I’m going to double check.

 

[LavenderDaFlerf]

Cockerel

 

[Trice71]

I see saddles starting, so yep a cockerel.View attachment 3153416

Ugh! Thanks though.

 

[AmeraucanaHank]

Dang! I don’t believe the Village allows roosters but I’m going to double check.

Let me know what they say!

 

[Tretinker]

I'm really sorry he's a he but I hope you can keep him!

If I can be really cheeky......we have a GLW 5 weeks tomorrow, do you have any pictures.of yours at that age?

It's hard to tell with these I know but I'm trying to keep my distance in case ours is a Roo too, it looks like we have 2 out of 4 so far.....

Fingers crossed for your roo!

 

[Trice71]

Thank you. I checked with someone else who lives in town. She believes we are not allowed to have roosters. Our house is only a couple houses inside the village. Used to be the original farm house that sat on a large farm, which years ago, got sold off. The property behind us used to be all fields and trees and now it’s a housing development so I’m sure I’d get complaints when the little dude starts crowing. I looked, but I don’t have good pictures of him at 5 weeks. I found one from around that timeframe. As you can see, he already has a pink comb. He also had little waddles. Hope it helps.

 

[Tretinker]

Thank you. I checked with someone else who lives in town. She believes we are not allowed to have roosters. Our house is only a couple houses inside the village. Used to be the original farm house that sat on a large farm, which years ago, got sold off. The property behind us used to be all fields and trees and now it’s a housing development so I’m sure I’d get complaints when the little dude starts crowing. I looked, but I don’t have good pictures of him at 5 weeks. I found one from around that timeframe. As you can see, he already has a pink comb. He also had little waddles. View attachment 3154476Hope it helps.View attachment 3154477

Thanks, I've have 2 different wyandotte's GLW and BLW both have very different wattle and combs but I am too going to struggle with a roo but we are going to try by bedding him down in the garage to reduce the early morning alarm call and hope we have very patient or deaf neighbours!