Pullets combs going red too early

[cmom]

At 8 weeks and the combs are growing. I think male.

 

[rebrascora]

If that first photo is supposed to be your cream legbar, then I'm not sure how good the breeding is. That looks to be a pea comb when it should be a single comb and I can't see a crest on it's head, which I would expect a cream legbar of that age to have.... but then my eyes are not as good as they used to be!

 

[EvansMeXo]

These aren't the crested variety she might be a "cull" out of the lot, but I got her off of a respected breeder around here so I feel confident she's a female, the male cream legbar looks 100% different I'll take pics of him in the morning too. But their combs are very red, but everyone who sees rose confirms she is a red sexlink so I'm confused lol

 

[EvansMeXo]

I managed to lure rose down off her roost but the dusky lighting + phone flash = horrible pictures and funny colour tone, it'll have to wait until morning

 

[EvansMeXo]

Maybe I have her age wrong?

 

[Kiki]

I'm not seeing a red comb in this pic

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

the combs shown are barely pinking up and not alarming with regards to gender

 

[EvansMeXo]

Sorry I've been busy helping my mum move and forgot about this post, I took a full front photo of rose, that's where she looks super red when you look at her full on

And ivory wouldn't hold still. But rose looks "red" compared to a cockerel I have who's a few weeks younger, he's pink which is what I was comparing how red she is too,

Which is why I was worried something might be wrong with her

 

[rebrascora]

Rose's comb doesn't look unusually red for a pullet and is orangey at the tips which you would expect and quite thin, whereas the cockerel, as you say is pink and fleshier. You are also comparing different breeds and different coloured feathering which can affect the way a colour appears, like a different coloured background on a picture.

Hope your mam's move went as smoothly as possible.

 

[EvansMeXo]

Rose's comb doesn't look unusually red for a pullet and is orangey at the tips which you would expect and quite thin, whereas the cockerel, as you say is pink and fleshier. You are also comparing different breeds and different coloured feathering which can affect the way a colour appears, like a different coloured background on a picture.

Hope your mam's move went as smoothly as possible.

Oh okay thank you all 10 of my chickens are different breeds so I am very bad for comparing them lol. Thank you for clarifying it for me!