Not Sure If You've Got A Pullet Or Cockerel? Click Here! Thread 2

[dewtattoo]

The only one of these 4 that I'm really on the fence about is the Silver Laced Wyandotte stretching to reach the trim board. I think it may be a male. What do you think?

 

[debid]

@ragamama Green legs isn't a white Rock. Might be half Rock.

As for the two suspects, age and closer pictures would help.

 

[debid]

@dewtattoo
What is making you think male? It has messy coloring but a lot of hatchery SLWs do and the messiness is pretty even. I see no comb coloring yet.

 

[Bantu]

Hello! I have a juvenile, not sure of age or breed. He/she was found abandoned on the street in an apartment complex in Dubai; when I got him home and to a vet he was diagnosed with bird mites and secondary infections -- he's had to re-grow all his head feathers and I'm not sure if it affected his comb/body as well. I'm including a photo from his initial vet visit in January, and a photo from about a week ago. Within the past seven days his comb and around the face have been turning more red. No obvious rooster behavior yet, but no eggs either, lol. Thoughts? Thanks! Kate in UAE...

Very beautiful! Boys are always the prettiest in my book.

 

[dewtattoo]

@dewtattoo
What is making you think male? It has messy coloring but a lot of hatchery SLWs do and the messiness is pretty even. I see no comb coloring yet.

The sun is bleaching out the pic. The comb on the Wyandotte is much darker than the other 3. I'm hoping I'm wrong. I can't legally own roosters where I live and I would hate to have to get rid of him if that were the case.

Here are a couple of close up shots from a week ago.

 

[debid]

@dewtattoo Nah, that's nothing. If it grows big wattles out of the blue and gets a deep, rich pink hue over the next couple weeks, then worry. If the patterning gets less even after the first molt, that's bad news, too. But the females will get some pink so don't sweat that.

 

[dewtattoo]

@debid Thanks for the info. I'll keep my fingers crossed. They are barely 5-weeks-old at the moment.

 

[debid]

Not a Wyandotte but this is pullet pink on a silver-based chick @ 5 weeks. Zero growth on comb or wattles and the patterning is very feminine so I'm not worrying.

This is cockerel red (4 weeks):

 

[dewtattoo]

That is a very obvious red. I will just wait and see what develops

 

[lightchick]

I have 2 Easter Egger chicks I THINK are pullets, but I'm not sure. They are 4 weeks​ old.

Tanzy

Tilly