Need your help! Been the week from HELL!

[popsicle]

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[juliechick]

But she's sooooo friendly! She climbs up on my lap everytime I sit in the run...she hops up on my back when I squat down, and sits on my shoulder...

Yes, sadly most of the time the most friendly chicks are the roosters. They seem to have more personality early on. Sorry.

 

[BlazeJester]

Yes, you should start your own thread. It gets confusing to the OP and other posters when threads are hijacked, and it becomes less useful for everyone.

I suppose I could start a new thread, but I think it's more relevant to this one.
What about my 13-week old Silver Laced Wyandotte hatchery sexed pullet? I've had no concerns about her pullet-ness until reading your comments. Is there enough of a difference between BLRW and SLW that it's irrelevant? S/he's standing up nice and tall because she thinks I have some scratch, I have a photo from moments before where all the chickens are at the gate with a "feed me" stance.

 

[popsicle]

The reason I posted it, was that everybody was saying the OPs Wyandotte was a roo because of how red the comb and wattles were, yet I have a SLW that is the same age and has similarly red wattles and comb, yet coloring would suggest that she is clearly a pullet.

 

[aoxa]

Some Wyandottes have red in the faces very early. Mine did. At 13 weeks it was very red.

@ 12 weeks old

@ 8 weeks

@ 16 weeks I do think you have a roo though.. Tip # 1: the feathers appear rooish to me Tip # 2: The comb is more swollen (can't think of a better description, but yeah..) Tip #3: Friendliness - Girls have never been as friendly as the boys - in any breeds I've tried. Roosters are less likely to approach you once they are a bit older, and hens will be friendly (for the most part) when they start to lay.

 

[lsg1007]

I think Wyandottes in general tend to be a bit harder to sex because of early comb development. Crowing itself doesn't mean too much. One of my batum hens crowed quite frequently around that age, but then was the first of her group to start laying (and to go broody shortly after that). I would remain happily in denial (or hopeful) while awaiting confirmation and try to get a back up plan in the meantime as it sounds that you don't want to add this one to the stew pot. Your chicken will either start crowing more emphatically and develop a perfect crow over the next few weeks or settle down (if not a roo).

 

[Eowyn2]

I have golden-laced wyandottes, and they had wattles very early. They're about 15 weeks old now, and have wattles Holly's size or a little bigger. Not very red though. That's the thing that makes me wonder the most about Holly - the color. That could be a photographic red herring though, I suppose... Everything else about her looks fairly pullet-ish to me, but I don't have BLRW's.