The Wyandotte Thread

[Sandra Lee]

Do their combs turn pink really early? My chicks are a little over three weeks old and the GLW already has a pink comb. Is that indicative of a roo or do wyandottes generally get color early? (My other chicks are an EE, RIR and Red Star). I know it's still early

Thanks!

 

[colby318]

You may have a cockerel. The combs on the pullets will still be yellow. When their juvenile feathers have come in, the cockerels will start developing more prominent wattles than the pullets. Sharp sickle feathers will be obvious on the cockerels when they molt again for adult feathers.

 

[Sandra Lee]

I hadn't noticed the wattles...but now I do

It has feathered out the fastest and has slim legs though...but definitely a red comb already and defined wattles (at just over 3 weeks).

 

[colby318]

Don't despair. You may be able to trade him for other pullets or at least sell him to earn his feed once he grows up.

I hadn't noticed the wattles...but now I do

It has feathered out the fastest and has slim legs though...but definitely a red comb already and defined wattles (at just over 3 weeks).

 

[TNBEARCHICK]

I am raising blrw newly what do i need to look for for quality(size, color, etc)

 

[mother o' chicks72]

Okay, here's my gold laced wyandotte. you think girl or boy? sorry, not quite certain of her age, but about 3-4 weeks.

 

[Cotton42]

Looks like a pullet to me, but give it a few more weeks just to be sure. She sure is cute!

 

[Sandra Lee]

Thanks colby318

I will probably try to keep it at first if it's indeed a he...these are my first chicks ever so I'm a little attached, haha, and that one happens to be a favorite. I'm gonna call "her" a "she" for wishful thinking...she flies out of the brooder every time I take the top off and wanders around the room. She'll climb on me, and isn't aggressive but isn't shy either....and she's gonna be so pretty! I am allowed to have roosters, it's just a matter of whether it was nice enough and whether my neighbors complain. I read on another thread though that everyone whose roosters are nice when they were chicks turned out mean as adults and vice versa, haha, so we'll see. If my EE was a roo (and was duel purpose) I would eat it in a second, it's so obnoxious and aggressive, but I would definitely have to give the GLW away if I couldn't keep it...no way I could eat that one!

I am hoping it's just a pullet that happens to have a comb that turned red quicker than usual and early wattles, haha. I ordered sexed female chicks, and I know they make mistakes but I can still hope right! Plus, the coloring and feathers aren't screaming roo yet, she has feathered out the fastest, her legs don't look thick and she ducks for cover when scared like all the rest of them. I don't see any overly-roo behavior yet. For now I will try to stop worrying for a few more weeks

 

[mother o' chicks72]

thanks, she is really cute and sweet.

 

[tennesseeckn]

I am raising blrw newly what do i need to look for for quality(size, color, etc)

Hey, Bearchick,

I've seen you on the Eastern TN thread. Quality BLRW are really hard to find around here. Stanglover has tried them and even though she started with good parent stock, they were throwing weird patterns and type. You should PM her and get all the info first hand. She decided they were too hard and is getting out of them. If it can be done, she'd be able to advice you how to do it, though.