Uh oh, is this the making of a Roo?

[Coop de Grille]

My Silver Laced Wyandotte babies are 15 days old and one of them has started to look like this:

The other three look like this:

Is this a Roo or is it still too early to tell?

 

[Frost Homestead]

I'd say roo but it looks pretty different from the other, almost like a single comb

 

[Pele]

It's too early to tell gender. That comb is not the sign of a roo so much as the sign of inconsistant breeding.

Wyandottes should not have a single comb. Your second chick has the correct type of comb for the breed.

 

[BlazeJester]

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x2. I have a wyandotte with a single comb. Just a matter of bad genetics from the hatchery (in my case).

 

[Coop de Grille]

So there is still a chance it's a pullet, yay!

I got my babies from someone local on craigslist. I didn't think to ask where he got the eggs from or if they are from him own chickens. This is my first go at having chicks, next time I will ask.

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

either bad genetics for a wyandotte or #1 is not a wyandotte

too young to tell yet, and single comb chicks can be difficult to sex unless you have others to compare it to, and your familiar with the breed's growth rate.

 

[BlazeJester]

If it's a SLW from a hatchery, I'd be willing to bet that it's a SLW with a single comb. Mine looked about like that and got really early red wattles (small but definitely red), but she's almost definitely a girl. I say almost because she hasn't yet proved herself by pulling her weight around here