Please Help! Wyandotte Chick Sexing

[bellz15]

too soon to tell. Gotta wait until their at least 8 weeks.

No worries I suspected as much. Any chance you want to take a wild guess for the fun of it? I plan on continuing to update so we will eventually get some results! Thanks!

 

[bellz15]

They look like my SLW girls that are the same age. With my last chicks I raised, I noticed the cockerels had the tiniest combs since day one and then that area developed pink way earlier than the pullets. The pullets stayed yellow in the comb area until 12-14 weeks old too. This may vary with breed, but that was my experience.

Thank you so much that is good to know! I assume your chicks were feather tested and that's how you know they are pullets? Were your last chicks wyandottes?

 

[bellz15]

Here they are at 5 weeks!
So we're entering awkward pre-teen scruff phase! I love how dorky the chicks look at the moment. Finally starting to see the hint of some pretty feathers coming through It's still too soon to be sure but I want to keep updating in case I can help someone else in the future. Still feel as if the silver could well be a rooster, but the gold isn't showing any glaring rooster signs (YAY). Let me know what you think!

 

[bellz15]

Silver still looks like a girl to me. No comb growth and the beak is still yellow between the eyes.

That's what I like to hear!

 

[bellz15]

Week six!
Saw the silvers comb become significantly 'pinker' over two short days. I've been calling him 'he' but I haven't completely given up on him, it's still early so you never know He's very friendly, as is my sweet golden girl!

 

[bellz15]

Agreed. Still thinking pullets thus far. Lacing looks nice and clean too which is usually a Pullet thing

Thanks! These are the chicks from the other post. It's exciting watching them change each day but pullets would be ideal.

 

[bellz15]

Week 7! At this point I'm quite convinced my gold laced is a pullet! YAY! However, I still believe my silver laced may be a cockerel. I've heard lots of 'the comb doesn't look that red yet' but it's quite red in person now. In comparison to the other two chicks there is a large difference.

Silver also hasn't feathered evenly and still has bald spots on the neck and chest. Tail feathers are whispy and curly and feathers across the 'shoulders' and back are sharp instead of rounded. Legs haven't thickened and not much in the way of wattles though! Would love to hear any opinions from those who have raised wyandottes from chicks before Thanks

 

[CluckyForChookies]

Hi Bellz15 just wondering if you ended up working out the gender of these chickies. Your silver looks a lot like a couple of mine and I'm holding out faint hope that not all are boys lol

 

[Chookwagn]

I think your Silver is a boy

 

[leia_and_friends]

Yes you may be the first WA local I've seen! We are a lucky bunch especially in the middle of this pandemic.

100%. We'd only just come out of the sunshine and summer when the pandemic hit, which I think was partly why WA (and all of Australia really) didn't get it as bad as the other countries like Italy and England; for them, being in the middle of winter hasn't helped things with staying healthy.

Your golden has gorgeous lacing - may I ask where you got your chooks? Maybe ours are sisters

Thanks! We got all of ours at a place called Comps Poultry as day olds.

Here's my Golden girl a few days ago with her half-koala, half-chicken baby. "Onwards steed!"

Awww, so cute! What breed is the chick? Do you breed your girls? Our Australorp cross used to love perching on her mum's back; which earned her the title rodeo rider. She got a shock though when she tried to jump up again at 6 or 7 weeks and Mum ran off squawking.