Pullet or Cockerel Silver Laced Wyandotte

[Lhoward42]

Silver Laced Wyandotte’s I’m pretty sure I know this answer but I need to figure out pullet or cockerel soon. #4 has definite green sheen on black feathers, it even does in the pictures! At this point I think I have 2 of each but not 100%

They’re 8 weeks and one should be a Roo based on we had one that had short tail feathers for the first 4 weeks

Two have lots more white, two have mostly black feathering on their tails.

 

[orloffer]

At that age they all look like pullets to me.

 

[WhySayWhat]

They all look like pullets to me too.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

I agree. Wyandottes are very tricky. If you do some searches on BYC, you will see many people think they have the one gender and end up with the other. Also many examples where people have been told they have a cockerel only to find out later it was a pullet. Best to wait it out until they are at least 12-14 weeks old when saddle feathers start to come in.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

So far pullets.
Don't worry about the green in the feathers... all black feathers sheen, no matter what the breed, species or gender... all black feathers sheen.

 

[JustAChickenLoverOverHere]

So far pullets.
Don't worry about the green in the feathers... all black feathers sheen, no matter what the breed, species or gender... all black feathers sheen.

Some guy that bought one of my black hens thought that there was a breed with no iridescence at all. Just black. And he said he raised chickens???

 

[HappyClucker7]

Some guy that bought one of my black hens thought that there was a breed with no iridescence at all. Just black. And he said he raised chickens???

I've never heard of any black chicken breed with no iridescence...

 

[HappyClucker7]

They all look like girls to me too.

 

[JustAChickenLoverOverHere]

They all look like girls to me too.

Yeah agree.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Some guy that bought one of my black hens thought that there was a breed with no iridescence at all. Just black. And he said he raised chickens???

All black feathers sheen.... I don't know of any black feather that doesn't sheen. On all birds.