Sex these 4 week SLW?

[Mac14]

Now following this thread!

 

[my sunwolf]

Why is it that everyone is guessing #1 is a boy? Is it the slow feathering? It doesn't have any more of a red comb than #2

I'm guessing from the feathering

But it would be nice to get some side-stance pictures. I love guessing for Wyandottes because they always seem to trip me up!

 

[aoxa]

I'm guessing from the feathering But it would be nice to get some side-stance pictures. I love guessing for Wyandottes because they always seem to trip me up!

Anyone want to guess on this 8 week old SLW? I know the answer.

 

[my sunwolf]

Anyone want to guess on this 8 week old SLW?
I know the answer.

Oooh, I love when the lacing is clear like that. I'll say pullet just because my boys were MUCH more developed, especially in the comb, at 8 weeks.

 

[aoxa]

Oooh, I love when the lacing is clear like that. I'll say pullet just because my boys were MUCH more developed, especially in the comb, at 8 weeks.

Ah see! You're right She was very red for 8 weeks in comparison to other breeds I was keeping.

Here she is at 1 year old. She had broken a hip and we had to put her down Miss her very much.

We have two young girls who are roughly 15 weeks. They are so small, and not even close to Dott development wise @ 8 weeks.

 

[my sunwolf]

Ah see! You're right

She was very red for 8 weeks in comparison to other breeds I was keeping.

Here she is at 1 year old. She had broken a hip and we had to put her down

Miss her very much.

We have two young girls who are roughly 15 weeks. They are so small, and not even close to Dott development wise @ 8 weeks.

She was beautiful

This is Liz, who I adopted at 3 years, just after she lost a bunch of tail feathers!




I think at 8 weeks the boys' coloring is clearly more mottled because they're about to start growing in the white hackle and saddles. At least, my hatchery boys looked really mottled, guess it could have been bad breeding

 

[aoxa]

She was beautiful This is Liz, who I adopted at 3 years, just after she lost a bunch of tail feathers! I think at 8 weeks the boys' coloring is clearly more mottled because they're about to start growing in the white hackle and saddles. At least, my hatchery boys looked really mottled, guess it could have been bad breeding

Good to know!

Those two girls looked similar to #1 in feathering at the same age though.

 

[my sunwolf]

Good to know!

Those two girls looked similar to #1 in feathering at the same age though.

Interesting! Though were their combs as big? You're about to persuade me that #1 could be a pullet

 

[aoxa]

Interesting! Though were their combs as big? You're about to persuade me that #1 could be a pullet 

No, this line of SLW had small combs (and still do) but the other line did not. Also, have seen SLW with big combs at an early age turn out to be girls!

 

[LAFreewayChickens]

Here is # 1 from the side showing the wattle:



Here is # 2 from the side (best pic I could get):



Just to clarify, these were vent sexed as female by the hatchery, but the redness of the combs has me worried. I picked these out from a number of 4 week olds and many of them had red combs, which makes me think that it could be a characteristic of the breed rather than a complete failure of the hatchery's vent sexing. (Sorry, I'm not sure which hatchery...). (I ended up picking fewer SLW than I had planned given my concerns, but I still got a few).