Our 8 week old silver laced wyandottes

[rexwabbits]

 

[Mountain Peeps]

Awwww! They are adorable!! Looks like you've got a nice mix of males and females

 

[mymilliefleur]

Beautiful birds! wyandottes are very sweet chickens!

 

[rexwabbits]

We are still having a hard time trying to figure out which 1's are the males and females, there is 1 for sure we know is a male but the rest is a toss up. Can anyone help us out on which are the males?

 

[Mountain Peeps]

All of the ones in this pic look to be males
The male is the one with the red comb and wattle in this pic

All except the one looking down are males

The two in the back are males

Males

Female

The one looking up is male

We are still having a hard time trying to figure out which 1's are the males and females, there is 1 for sure we know is a male but the rest is a toss up. Can anyone help us out on which are the males?

 

[rexwabbits]

So does that mean 90% of our flock (15 birds in total) are males and 10% are females?

 

[Mountain Peeps]

So does that mean 90% of our flock (15 birds in total) are males and 10% are females?

I think so

 

[rexwabbits]

Ok ty , it is kinda depressing cus we have to sell most of them, we are only allowed 2 males. I guess that is kind of what to expect when u buy a straight run.

 

[mymilliefleur]

Ok ty , it is kinda depressing cus we have to sell most of them, we are only allowed 2 males. I guess that is kind of what to expect when u buy a straight run.

Yes that often happens with straight run. at least they didn't euthanized.

 

[Pintinha]

Comparing to my 8 week old- I think the redness of the comb does not necessarily mean roo. But if it's raised to a more pronounced degree, you've got a roo. Also pullets don't have much waddle at this age.