Need your opinion about gender. Updated on post # 14

[colebarnhart]

I'm guessing roo also, based on the size of the comb and seems to have some hackle development versus female type cape, and it's legs are really thick looking as well.

I have no idea if it's true but I've heard that if it's 3 colors or more it's a roo and females can only be two different colors, once again, you might want to check on that bit of info....

 

[Double T]

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You see the red druppy flap of skin under the beak. Thats a wattle and the skin on top is called a comb.

Thanks for the info! So Hens aren't supposed to have them? Several of mine that are laying right now have 'em?

 

[CindyJeann]

Hens can will have combs and wattles and from one breed to the next you can't really tell gender by them but within a breed, males will have more than the ladies.

 

[chickendude]

Well here is an updated picture at age 5 months. My ? roo ended up being a hen. She gave us her first egg at 17 weeks. I thought for sure she was a he. Glad I was wrong.

 

[sfw2]

That's great news! Thanks for following up. I always wonder how often we're right, when it comes to gender.

 

[chickendude]

Sometimes it is a tough guess. You kinda go by past experience with each breed.

 

[Tiss]

Such a pretty girl!

 

[EMaker]

Speckled Sussex are sooo difficult to sex. I'm usually quite good at sexing, but I admit the SS vary so much in comb, wattle, even feather deveopment that one often really does need to wait for egg or crow. I have a SS now that I was certain was a roo---I even found a new home for the chick with the agreement that I wanted another month before we rehome, to be totally certain she was a he (because we all loved the little SS). All along everything screamed roo, until last week when the comb paled up. Sure enough, we have a pullet! Your SS hen is lovely.

 

[seminolewind]

Chickendude, thanks for getting back and posting what "he" turned out to be!