Silver Laced wyandotte - am I right or my husband?

[sugarjax06]

Hubby thinks pullet - I say cockerel. I hope he is right though! It is about 10.5 weeks old. I have 3 really good pictures but for some reason it will not let me upload those (says that it is not a jpeg but it is) so here are the 3 that it will let me upload. Hopefully they are good enough!

Right behind a New Hampshire roo and the pullets are in front - they are the same age but very different combs

 

[Mom2Munchkins]

I wish I was helpful... I am having the same trouble right now with my 3 SLW! So hard to tell for some reason!

 

[fshinggrl]

My gut says that YOU are right. I am pretty sure it is a cockerel.

 

[chick4chix]

I vote pullet -I think your husband is right- I have a SLW that looked just like that at that age - and "she" is the beauty queen of the flock- and a prolific layer of gorgeous light brown eggs.

 

[CoopedChik]

I think cockerel because it doesnt look like my Wyandotte hens when they where pullets at all

 

[PeakyBeaky]

Rooster...those white wing patches should get bigger. Is he breeder or hatchery?

 

[Alexander]

It is a silver laced wyandotte.Hope you wanted a rooster though

 

[mljohnson05]

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[sugarjax06]

As far as breeder/hatchery - I bought a dozen brown eggs from a local place that sells lots of chicks. I can't see the adults and I don't know where they originally got them from. Does it look like good quality?

I bought the eggs that they sell for eating rather than paying per egg for a specific breed cause I just wanted brown egg layers. This was the only SLW so I don't have anything to compare it to. Obviously from the pictures, it is so much different than the New Hampshires (or barred rocks I had)! It's comb is so small and it's legs so thin. Our other cockerels legs are like tree trunks yet compared to the pullets, the SLW is way more red.

 

[Schwartzfarmnc]

Nothing screams roo, but it does resemble more to be rooish than a pullet. My girls looked similar, but the waddles on yours is much larger so I'm leaning roo at this point also, but hopefully I'm wrong.