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I got one white leghorn chick this year and "she" turned out to be a he hehe he crowed for the first time yesterday!

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Hi guys. I am new here and have been told my chicks are white leghorns. I have been informed they are roos, but what do you think? They were born in early may. Thank you for all your advice.
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It is a bit hard to see them....but it looks like their combs are already pretty bright red.

If they are only two months, and already have bright red combs, then they have to be male.

Females do not get much color in their comb until they are close to laying, which would be 20 weeks or sometimes much later.
 
Hi Alaskan, Thanks so much for your reply. The picture is affected by the light bulb I have in there to keep them warm. Their combs are rather flesh coloured in natural light. The larger one clucks a lot, but I don't know if that is something both roos and hens do. We adopted them from a special nature program at my sons kindergarten. They bring in eggs of different maturities, and the kids get to see them hatch and grow. Do you think that they are definitely White Leghorns? Thanks
 
Also, I don't know whether it makes a difference or not. But These 2 are almost the same age (I believe the one on the left hand side hatched 2 days before the one on the right) It is also considerable bigger, and grew it's comb to the size it is fast, but has not developed further. The chick on the right hand side didn't grow a comb for quite some time after, but now has a comb that is larger than the chick on the left. The light is deceiving, with their combs almost a flesh colour (one is definitely lighter than the other) Also, if I do have Roos (or a roo) what age will they start crowing? They both have wonderfully friendly personalities, I will be heartbroken to rehome them, however we are not allowed roosters in our area. Thanks
 
If their combs are still flesh colored, then I wouldn't panic! :D

Leghorns can grow some very large combs, even the girls.

If at two months of age, there is no good pink color in the combs, there is a good chance that they are girls.... But waiting and seeing is always the best bet.

As to how fast the combs grew... that varies between individuals, and I wouldn't worry about that.

It is true that roosters often have a larger comb at one and two weeks of age, but with only two, how do you compare it properly?

Also, as to sound, I think the earliest that they start to crow is four months...but I can't remember for sure.

As to breed, there are many leghorn crosses out there, so I can't say for sure that they are 100% leghorn, but they do look very "leghorn".
 
It's a bit hard to see them but if all of their feathers are full white, their feet and legs are yellow, they have no feathering on the legs and their ear lobes are white then yes they have a good chance of being White Leghorns.
When they develop more you will be able to see more of the lean Leghorn shape to confirm.
 

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