Rhode island red

[damo7676]

Can anyone identify the gender of my RIR, to me the front one is roo and back one is a hen, leghorn probably a roo too. Please confirm thanks

 

[-Chanticleer-]

looks like you have a pair. Do you have a picture of the leghorns comb?

 

[house1917]

Based on the comb and wattle already showing, I'd guess cockerel as well on the RIR. But on the leghorn, I'd say it's too early to tell. Leghorns have much bigger combs at maturity for both hens and roosters- so it's hard to compare the two!

 

[damo7676]

This is my leghorn, I have 2, one is, petite and has a yellow comb, the one I think is a roo has a pink comb, long tail and almost double the size of the other

 

[-Chanticleer-]

Still pretty pale at this point. I’m guessing they are around 7/8 weeks? Around 10 those combs and wattles will redden up if they are males. But from the pictures the RIR seem to be a pair one male one female and the leghorn looks like a pullet for now. They tend to grow their combs and wattles in faster for their breed. The color of the wattle and comb for leghorn is what to watch for.

 

[damo7676]

Still pretty pale at this point. I’m guessing they are around 7/8 weeks? Around 10 those combs and wattles will redden up if they are males. But from the pictures the RIR seem to be a pair one male one female and the leghorn looks like a pullet for now. They tend to grow their combs and wattles in faster for their breed. The color of the wattle and comb for leghorn is what to watch for.

This is my other leghorn, smaller with a yellow comb, my instincts tell me one is roo and this is hen

 

[damo7676]

They are 4/5 weeks old so too early to tell for sure but side by side the differences are hard to ignore

 

[-Chanticleer-]

At five weeks looking more like two M and two F.