Possible Gold Laced Wyandotte cockrel, what do you think?

[chickiebean85]

I got chicks from meyer hatchery that were sexed and supposed to be all female but yesterday I was looking at my gold laced wyandotte and the huge legs and stance alone leads me to believe she is a he, it has not developed any color on the comb or wattles yet but it will only be 3 weeks tomorrow. Now I don't have alot of experience with wyandottes I do have two roosters and alot of the traits lead me to believe that this is one. It is the one in the back standing upright ( rooster stance)

 

[sourland]

Only time will tell the gender of the chick.

 

[3KillerBs]

Too soon to tell, especially with a Wyandotte since they're notoriously deceptive.

 

[SilverBirds]

Agreed, much too young to tell.

 

[chickiebean85]

Why are wyandottes so hard to tell than other breeds?

 

[3KillerBs]

Why are wyandottes so hard to tell than other breeds?

Because the females often get pink/red combs early and because less-than-perfect laying on the females can mimic the distinctive male color pattern during some of the juvenile molts.

I haven't had a Wyandotte male yet, but I've had some serious scares where females even fooled some of the more experienced people here until they hit 12-16 weeks.

 

[chickiebean85]

Its not her/his coloring its just its legs they are tall and large and big feet although the feathers are throwing me too its so dark.

 

[3KillerBs]

Its not her/his coloring its just its legs they are tall and large and big feet although the feathers are throwing me too its so dark.

I haven't had much luck IDing males of any breed by legs and feet yet, but others do.

 

[fancywyandottes23]

I’ve noticed with my third set that some Wyandotte chicks have huge legs and some don’t. The larger legs seemed not to make a difference, as all turned out to be pullets.

Here is my 3 week old tagged silver laced Wyandotte male, he has the same leg size as everyone else but already has a very distinct reddish comb. He’s standing out from the rest already at this 3 week young age with his comb.

 

[chickiebean85]

Wow you are right about the comb, while mine is getting a big comb it is not red or no wattles I also heard with roosters they will have tiny spurs not sure if that is true. Well I hope mine is a pullet I will let everyone know in the coming weeks.