rose combs are making me crazy!!! * PICS added...thoughts?

[ebonykawai]

Any thoughts from other rose comb owners?

 

[patandchickens]

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THis won't help you sex them, but just so you know, it is not uncommon to get Wyandottes with single combs rather than the rose comb they're 'supposed' to have, particularly if these are hatchery or backyard stock. I am not certain why, have heard mumblings about the single-comb gene not being culled out too hard because of fertility issues, but in any case it is a recessive gene and so all that it takes is the "wrong" two rose-combed parents (each secretly carrying one copy of the single-comb gene) to be mated in order to get 1/4 of the offspring showing single rather than rose combs.

Pat

 

[mbleily]

I have a gold laced Wyandotte and his comb was very visible at three and a half weeks. I have two slw girls that still at 9 weeks don't have much of a comb.

You can see why I call him Rudolph. LOL
The next picture is a little hard to see but the slw is in the middle with her comb showing. You can see at 9 weeks she still have a very small comb.

The next picture shows the girls in front of Rudolph. It is hard to see their combs but you can tell that they aren't anything like his. He is the 2nd for the right. Next to Nina the turken. Lola her sister is on the other end and three roosters in the middle. The slw ( Fancy and Lacey)are both in front on the ground with one of the Marans I haven't named yet.

 

[dangerouschicken]

OMG THOSE BUFF TURKENS ARE HOT!

 

[mbleily]

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LOL I love them. I am the only one in my family that thinks they are BEAUTIFUL! They have always been one of my favorite chickens. ;]

 

[ebonykawai]

Awesome, thanks for all the pics! I'm going to assume hens, then, since not one has anything looking like that. I think 7 weeks is long enough to make a decent determination.

 

[HorseFeathers]

You definitly have gender right on your chicks Henry & Henrietta; I've been told that when they re very young, boys have wider combs w/ 3 ridges and girls have skinnier ones w/ 1 ridge. I think this works until about a week after feathering in (in my experience, at least, but I'm not sure) and then the comb widen anyway. Also, isn't it true that boy SLWs are darker than girls? Lots of ???s in this answer, sorry, but I hope it helps. We have a SLW and EEs.

 

[dedern]

Thanks patandchickens for the info. I had read that about the combs bur wasn't quite sure. A newbie!!!!

 

[ebonykawai]

Just an update on my birds. Amazingly, I chose all hens, aside from the one roo I knowingly kept.

Don't know how, but boy, I sure got lucky!! All the rose comb ladies (I have 4) are adorable.

 

[smith2]

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I think those are pullets. I have a lot of Wyandottes and can usually tell the difference in about 3-4 weeks. I, too, look at combs, wattles, feathers, tails, and legs. Sexing RC anythings is difficult.