Need opinions please.6 week old mix

[girlsnammo]

I have a 6 week old fuzz ball, the rest are feathered out. I'm thinking It's a boy but hoping it ain't cuz I currently have 5 boy suspects in my straight run. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[junebuggena]

That is a cockerel. Pullets don't start turning red in the comb until about 14 to 18 weeks. Any chick with a bright red comb before 10 weeks old is a cockerel. Pullets just won't be that pink, so early.

 

[Tackmeister]

Cockerel

 

[Free Feather]

Boy.

 

[girlsnammo]

So any combs and waddles before 10 weeks is roo? That means 5 out of 9 are boys. When do they get their big boy voices?

 

[junebuggena]

So any combs and waddles before 10 weeks is roo? That means 5 out of 9 are boys. When do they get their big boy voices?

No, any bright red combs and wattles before ten weeks old is a roo. It's the pinking up that you need to be watching for.

 

[girlsnammo]

what do you mean by pinking up? I have 3 that have waddles at 6 weeks and 2 with pinkish red combs but no waddles i have seen yet

 

[BantamLover21]

Cockerel.

 

[junebuggena]

Wattles can vary chick to chick and breed to breed. If the comb is starting to turn pink at six weeks old, that comb is only going to get more red. Sometimes a pullet will 'blush' at the base of the comb, but it won't be pink all the time. A cockerel's pink comb won't fade back to yellow, it will be pink all the time.

 

[girlsnammo]

Ok thank you