Silver laced Wyandotte

[The Happster]

At 16 weeks old, pullet. Although BO's lay at roughly 6 months.
I was wondering if it was younger.
In which case it would be male.
No doubt about the SLW.

 

[CHlCKEN]

This is our silver laced Wyandotte. She is 16 weeks old. My daughter loves her and has been in tears daily worrying that it might be a rooster. She is getting tall green tinted feathers in her tail. No talons. Quite a large comb and wattle. Our city code does not allow roosters. What do you all think? Does this look like a hen or a rooster?

Im so sorry, I have a Wyandotte pullet right now and I absolutely adore her. It appears you have a cockrel and I’m so sorry this happened. Roo’s get their spurs in later, and mine didn’t even have his when he was fully grown and we got rid of him. Starting over with baby chicks though might not be so bad! You can watch them grow up again

 

[The Happster]

That Orpington is definitely a hen. I had some with huge combs and wattles like that and they were girls. Also it says they are 16 weeks old.

Actually it says the SLW is 16 weeks.
But it is quite likely they are the same age.
Just checking to make sure they are.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Actually it says the SLW is 16 weeks.
But it is quite likely they are the same age.
Just checking to make sure they are.

I assumed they were the same age if they got them at the same time.

 

[ginabell]

The buff is 16 weeks as well.

 

[ShrekDawg]

The buff is 16 weeks as well.

Then she’s a very pretty girl! the SLW appears to be your only boy.

 

[ginabell]

Im so sorry, I have a Wyandotte pullet right now and I absolutely adore her. It appears you have a cockrel and I’m so sorry this happened. Roo’s get their spurs in later, and mine didn’t even have his when he was fully grown and we got rid of him. Starting over with baby chicks though might not be so bad! You can watch them grow up again

 

[The Happster]

It's quite early for a BO pullet to have a comb that size & colour.
Yes it is a pullet, but I had to make sure they were the same age, as it could easily have been a rooster pretending to be a hen. They have such skill doing that

 

[ginabell]

I love getting new babies but this combining of old and new flocks has been so hard! Our older hens just stand at the top of the ladder and peck our 16 week old ones if they try to get on the roost at night.

 

[ShrekDawg]

It's quite early for a BO pullet to have a comb that size & colour.
Yes it is a pullet, but I had to make sure they were the same age, as it could easily have been a rooster pretending to be a hen. They have such skill doing that

I had a few with huge combs and wattles and some with much smaller ones so they can vary a lot.