RIR ROO OR PULLET 4-5 weeks

[KCNC06]

I don't claim to be an expert at chicken sexing, but that chick's comb is barely visible, I have a hard time believing that's too large a comb for a 4-5 wk old pullet. My RIR roo chick is almost 6 wks old and his comb is quite red today, and it started turning dark pink 2 weeks ago. Here's a picture of him that I took earlier this afternoon.

The chick in your picture looks a lot more like a Red Sex-Linked pullet than a RIR roo in my opinion.

 

[sheldon]

I got them in the assorted reds bin at tsc so i have no idea what they are, and i just got an order of 15 columbian cross pullets there so cute and the rir i showed in first picture is the fastest to develop head feathers as well

 

[eac04]

Seems to me that the comb is more yellow than pink -- I say pullet.

 

[KCNC06]

I'm trying to upload a picture of one of my 6 wk old Red Sex-Linked pullets to show you...but apparently I have to do a system restore on my computer again. I just love Windows 7!

Anyway, my RSL's looked exactly like yours at 4-5 wks. Tiny little yellow comb poking up. My RIR chicks are much darker. One is 7.5 wks old now and has a good sized comb, but it's just starting to turn pink. RIRe, the chick pic I already posted, had a comb much bigger and darker than your chick when he was 4 wks old. Plus he crawled inside a feeder pretending he was food...shaved his back off. I figured that stunt came following a "Hey ya'all, watch this!" moment on his part. Based on the behavior of all the male people in my family, I realized that day that RIRe was a boy.

I'll try to upload my RSL pic's later this evening, but try looking online to see if you can find some pictures of them.

 

[Beekercat]

I'm not an expert or anything, but that comb doesn't look red enough OR large enough to be sure it's a roo at this point.


(I'm hoping I'm right since my little "Miss Kitty" looks almost exactly the same at 5 weeks and "she" is supposed to be a chick...err girl.

)

 

[The Lisser]

My mystery red chick (RIR cross? GLW? I dunno) had a comb pop up pretty early like that too. I really thought she was a roo. Here's a pic of her about 4 weeks old:

She is now 8-9 weeks old and her comb is still yellow, and way less developed than the suspected cockerels. Here's a pic I took about 1 1/2 weeks ago:

So I changed her name from Basil to Paprika. I still don't know for sure but she isn't crowing like the other two that are about the same age.

Melissa

 

[sheldon]

i have 15 baby chicks and i have a 2 week old with a huge red comb broosters didnt turn red till about 10 weeks