What Age do Silver-Laced Wyandotte Cockerels Show Their Male-Specific Feathering?

[3KillerBs]

I'm having a hard time getting a good photo because the Wyandottes are the most skittish of my chicks, but I'm getting suspicious of Piccata. Her/his? comb is getting awfully bright pink at 8 weeks (the other SLW, Popcorn, has a purplish comb that hasn't brightened).

Popcorn on the left, Picatta on the right.

 

[RainbowHen]

Hi there. Your photos aren't showing

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Your photos aren't showing but it's around 12 weeks in most breeds.

 

[3KillerBs]

ARGH! I have a new phone and am having trouble getting photos to transfer properly. I can see them when I write the post but they don't show after I actually post it.

 

[The Happster]

Kinda fuzzy, but the feathering looks male for the bird on the right.

 

[3KillerBs]

Kinda fuzzy, but the feathering looks male for the bird on the right.

The camera on the new phone is supposed to be better -- assuming I can learn how to use it and that the files it produces aren't too big to post.

 

[RainbowHen]

I'd lean towards cockerel but it is hard to tell

 

[britesidefarm]

Cockerel. Roo Wyandotte’s have more white than black, and that is a lot of comb.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

ARGH! I have a new phone and am having trouble getting photos to transfer properly. I can see them when I write the post but they don't show after I actually post it.

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I would like a much better, close up, standing side shot before confirmation please include wattles and saddle area.

But according to what I can see the bird on the left of the ramp is either male with wide white bar (fade of the lace itself) on the shoulder or a poorly laced female. (no rudeness intended)

Also, is Picatta's comb a rose comb like it's supposed to be? I can't zoom in far enough to make much out.

 

[3KillerBs]

I would like a much better, close up, standing side shot before confirmation please include wattles and saddle area.

But according to what I can see the bird on the left of the ramp is either male with wide white bar (fade of the lace itself) on the shoulder or a poorly laced female. (no rudeness intended)

Also, is Picatta's comb a rose comb like it's supposed to be? I can't zoom in far enough to make much out.

She/he is skittish. I might be able to get a better picture at dusk in the coop. There's no distinctive saddle or hackle feathers yet. That bright comb and that white patch are what has me suspicious but since these are my first SLW's I don't know when to expect to be able to see that distinctive white on the rooster.

I think it's a rose comb. It's certainly not a single comb.

No offense on possible poor quality lacing -- they're hatchery "assorted Wyandottes" from the farm store.