Roos or hens

[Megan Laughlin]

hello, I am a first time chicken owner. Our babies are about 12 week old leghorns and the BOTH started making funny SQUAAAAAKKK noises this morning. They were sexed as females but now we are wondering.... can anyone help?

 

[MrPepers]

The one with a floppy comb is likely a hen. Can you get better face shots of the other one and a picture of its legs?

 

[Megan Laughlin]

 

[MrPepers]

Looks to be a hen too. Can't see any spurs. Don't take my word for it.

 

[Megan Laughlin]

Now they are only 12 weeks old. Would they have spurs now if the were Roos?

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

That much red at 12 weeks, even in leghorns, is indicative of male. Male saddle & hackle feathers should develop in a few weeks. Spurs would not out be obvious at this point and are not exclusive to either gender

 

[Table4Six]

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The one with the floppy comb looks like a definite pullet. The other one looks like a cockerel though, I can see hackle feather development on its neck.

 

[Megan Laughlin]

The interesting thing is they they both squacked this am. The floppy comb did twice. They both have developed combs and waddles at exactly the same time

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

The white bird shown here is a wl pullet at about 11 weeks

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Wl pulleys *can* develop surorosing size in the comb earlier than other breeds, but the color only reaches the shade your birds have when they are ready to lay, and 12 weeks is early for even the fast maturing leghorn