Please Help! What breed and what gender?

[jojothechicken]

^^^ This is my little hen, Willa. She is about 4 1/2-5 weeks old and is (supposed to be) a hen. But people keep saying that her comb is growing really quickly. I don't know what breed she is. If it is a she!



<<<<this is one of my other hens, JoJo. She is the same age but obviously, as you can see, her comb is very small. She is a Golden Comet.

So can anyone help me determine what breed Willa is? And also if she is a hen or a rooster, because I will not buy her if she is a rooster, so it's really important to know ASAP! Thanks!!

 

[Y N dottes]

the comb is quite large for that age, but it could still be a hen depeding on the breed. When i fist saw the pic, i thought it might be a leghorn. The yellow legs, and large comb are charicteristics of leghorns. but the comb may still be too big to be a hen

 

[Dewsetter]

Chick number 1 is definitely a rooster. The comb is far too red and large for his age to be anything else, sorry. The second chick is a bit young to tell properly but if I had to guess I would say its a pullet.

 

[TurtlePowerTrav]

I vote Willa is a William.

 

[lindisfarne]

looks a bit like our young leghorn rooster same age...but wattles are more noticeable in ours so you may still have a pullet?i'm no expert though

 

[bloom_ss]

#1 looks like a roo and #2 is a pullet. =)

 

[TurtlePowerTrav]

#1 looks like a roo and #2 is a pullet. =)

#2 is definately a pullet, OP said Golden Comet, which is a sex-link. Male would have been white with red leakage I believe.

 

[TurtlePowerTrav]

I am also leaning toward Willa being a male sex-link

 

[BlueCamas]

Leghorn cockerel and a Red sex-link pullet.

 

[allmychickens]

GSL Pair (roo and Hen)
boy has a brownish tint like male GSLs, hackles and saddles will grow in red, yellow, or brown