SLW genders??

[de kippendame]

These are supposed to be pullets, but I am having a hard time judging my Wyandottes! They are 6wks. Thank you!

Clementine

Perdita

Perdita(L) & Clementine(R)

Sorry, I'm not the best chicken photographer and those little buggers manage to stay still only until you are actually ready to take the picture!!

 

[fshinggrl]

Silver Laced Wyandottes are famously hard to tell which are cockerels and which are pullets. You have two birds. The first one (Clementine) is a pullet.

The second one I think is a pullet as well, but has a bit more white on it in the back area... which is an indicator of a cockerel. Time will tell!

 

[chickiemamma]

They look like pullets to me. I have to SLWs and I was on the fence with both of them until more recently. They do make the guessing game harder. I do have to say that the head shape of yours looks very feminine-- a lot like my GLW actually who is definitely a girl!

 

[PeakyBeaky]

So far, they look like pullets...BUT, hatchery birds are hard to tell. Recheck them in a few weeks.

 

[de kippendame]

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Forgive my ignorance, but why are hatchery birds harder to tell?

Also, the BLRW in your avatar is beautiful! I have 3 BLRW's(of which I have no idea on their gender either)

and I think they are just so pretty!

 

[Katy]

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Forgive my ignorance, but why are hatchery birds harder to tell?

Also, the BLRW in your avatar is beautiful! I have 3 BLRW's(of which I have no idea on their gender either)

and I think they are just so pretty!

They're harder to tell because hatcheries don't breed for things like good lacing and correct body type while a good breeder does. A hatchery breeds for quantity, not quality.

 

[Duramaxgirl]

Look like pullets to me!

 

[crayon]

I would say SLW #1 is a pullet #2 is questionable.

Until about 5 weeks I thought I had 3 roos and only 1 pullet- nope- I got 1 roo and 4 pullets. By 6-7 weeks there will be NO question (if you got a roo!).