Not Sure if You've Got a Pullet or a Cockerel? Click here! thread 3

[ChickenLover200]

Ok I'm usually good with this but I'm at a loss do I have a roo and a pul they are 3month old silver lace Wyandottes both rumps look different but the heads look the same so I'm having problems please help

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I think both pullets, but not 100% sure.

 

[bobby2170]

hi guys. I have a rainbow who's about 6 1/2 weeks old. it's always been a normal size chick but recently has became a lot larger than the others. it's also got a much bigger and redder comb and is starting to get wattles.

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

Right now it looks like a pullet. That could change.

 

[junebuggena]

The rooster is a black marans. All my hatched chicks are black but the hatching eggs were different colors (green, blue, dark brown, pink). I was curious why the chicks are all black then asked the guy who sold the eggs. He said the rooster is a french black copper marans.

Black Copper is a red base color. He has no silver gene to pass on. Therefore, the black chick with silver patterning, must have gotten the silver color from it's mother. A silver hen can only pass that silver on to her male chicks. The first chick must be male, according to the basic genetic rules for sexlinking.

 

[drumstick diva]

junebuggena makes it sound easy - while I am like "duh!"

 

[ChickenLover200]

junebuggena makes it sound easy - while I am like "duh!"

Lol. Exactly how I feel... I don't have the genetic smarts... talk about genetics is like... well... trying to climb a mountain without climbing gear or knowing what I'm doing. That is the only example I could come up with

 

[buffyegglayer]

When I purchased my chickens, I thought they were all pullets. We have been suspecting that this one is actually a rooster for some time. Can anyone confirm this?

 

[junebuggena]

When I purchased my chickens, I thought they were all pullets. We have been suspecting that this one is actually a rooster for some time. Can anyone confirm this?

100% cockerel. Just look at those saddle feathers. Only males get feathers like that.

 

[junebuggena]

junebuggena makes it sound easy - while I am like "duh!"

Lol. Exactly how I feel... I don't have the genetic smarts... talk about genetics is like... well... trying to climb a mountain without climbing gear or knowing what I'm doing. That is the only example I could come up with

I love sexlinked genes. Makes life so much easier when you don't have to wait around for combs to start pinking up. I am not an expert yet, when it comes to genetics, but I have a pretty good grasp of the basics. Much of it still confuses and baffles me.

 

[Crit]

Hey guys! New chicken owner and new to BYC. Trying to figure out if my 5 week old EE's are pullets or roos. I've got three pics of each:

Chick #1 (roo?)





Chick #2 (pullet?)





Chick #3 (roo?)






Chick #4 (pullet?)






Chick #5 (roo...) But he sure does take pretty pictures!







Chick #6 (pullet?) She's the runt of the group.

Thanks so much for your help guys! Gotta figure out how many of these I need to replace since we can't keep roosters.