This has to be a rooster, right?

[TheSitcomGirls]

Hello! It seems like every year I have a chick that develops a comb first but then eventually everybody else catches up. So far in four years of getting chicks from Meyer they have all been the pullets I ordered. This year I ordered two Golden Campine pullets. Here are pictures of the two of them at three weeks old today. I think I need to rename #1 from "Ellie May" to "Spock". That one has to be a rooster, doesn't it?

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Together

 

[jaretc]

not necaserily.... both hens and roosters have combs and this one is probably just developing quicker...plus you should be able to see a start of a wattle if it was a little boy but im not 100 percent sure ive only raised red sex links... i really want to expand out to other breeds.

 

[GreyhoundGrrrl]

Hmmm, Ellie Mae would have me suspicious too! Have any waddles formed yet and if so are they red at all?

 

[kellykate]

Yipes! That is a pretty big difference! I would put my bet on cockeral but agree you just can't tell yet without any waddles!

 

[TheSitcomGirls]

No waddles yet. And it seemed like the comb just popped out overnight! Hard to tell from the pix but Ellie Mae/ Spock is almost twice as big!

 

[featherz]

That's a boy at that age. No doubt in my mind. Bet he's one of those early crowers too.

 

[cafarmgirl]

I would be very surprised if that turned out to be a pullet. I always have a few hens who develop faster too but pretty much the only time I see that big a comb and that much pink at that age...is when it's a roo.

 

[TheSitcomGirls]

Oh no! I wonder if he will be OK living with 26 hens!

 

[GreyhoundGrrrl]

Oh no! I wonder if he will be OK living with 26 hens!

LOL! He will probably be thrilled

 

[TheSitcomGirls]

Oh bummer...checked for wattles this evening. Is that what this red area under the side of his (or her still hoping..) beak is? There is one on the other side as well.