Need help sexing Silver Laced Wyandotte Bantams!!!

[sjshaw1980]

I'd bet two pullets. They are both gorgeous birds though...love the SLWs

 

[greeneacre]

Looks like a pair to me.

 

[PeakyBeaky]

You have a pair there-100%, one boy, one girl. The boy has the black around his neck-that will change as he gets his hackles.

 

[RockerHen]

You have a pair there-100%, one boy, one girl. The boy has the black around his neck-that will change as he gets his hackles.

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[Cackleberry Inn]

Just went through the same thing with my Wyandottes, and yes you have it right, Hansel is a a roo and Gretel is a girl. The Roos develope a wide comb
And wattle months before the girls, but be aware, as the hen matures, her comb and wattle also will develope, but at a slower rate of speed as the roo.
And what's really cool, keep a watch on the color of the wattle and comb, because as the hen mature and is ready to start laying (mine laid 1st egg at 21 weeks) these appendages will get extremely bright red. To me, the black and white Wyandotte hen, with that RED comb and Wattle is so beautiful!

Interesting when they start laying, starts with tiny little eggs every other day or so, then eggs start getting bigger and more each day. Yesterday my eight
hens laid 8 eggs, and one was HUGE and turned out to be a double yoked?

 

[RingneckParrot]

Thanks everybody for replying!!! I have no idea still if Hansel is a Hansel or a Hazel...

oh well... Anyway, no crows yet... if Hansel is a roo, lets hope he is a quiet one! Also is it a sign if when you gently squeeze a pullets' tail feathers (near the base of the tail) that they let out a cluck and a roo doesn't, because I sometimes do that to Gretel and she clucks but not Hansel...I'll post more pics soon
BTW thanks for the advice Cackleberry Inn!!!

 

[flockgirl]

Both pullets By 15 weeks a roo would have a very red comb and wattle. I had full size SLW and I was sure if they were roos or pullets by 8 or 9 weeks. They would prob be crowing by 15 weeks also.

 

[PeakyBeaky]

Not always-Wyandottes are slow to grow-our usually take 8-9 months until they crow-sometimes more if they are in with a mature rooster. But, by then you should know what you have

Both pullets By 15 weeks a roo would have a very red comb and wattle. I had full size SLW and I was sure if they were roos or pullets by 8 or 9 weeks. They would prob be crowing by 15 weeks also.

 

[Smoochie]

Interesting! Laced breeds can be more difficult. The colouring isn't perfectly smooth on the chicken in question however I would have expected more white head on the head. It's legs proportionally look cockerelish. Hackle and saddle feathers will be the 100% for me so please keep us posted!

 

[SilkiesForEver]

I'm think both are girls.