What sex is my Rose Comb Rhode Island Red?

[herechickchick]

Boy or Girl?

 

[shmooborp]

i think see the hint of a spir in the shadow of the first pic, cant really say though, try posting a side pic of the bird.

 

[speckledhen]

Spurs don't develop on cockerels till about eight months old or older. That bump you see is on both boys and girls. The comb seems to be pinkening up toward the back. Are the legs particularly thick, Adam? That's one way I could tell with my RIRs the last time.

 

[herechickchick]

The legs are not any thicker than anyone else's. The comb is getting a little pink at the top, you are right.

 

[BamaChicken]

Very nice color. Looks about three weeks old. I don't see any wattles so could be a pullet. My cockerals at that age tend to be much taller than the girsl

 

[KKluckers]

Not totally sure on this one, but I will guess pullet.

 

[herechickchick]

I am going to take more photos of this one and post them tomorrow. Julie is this one is a boy I will want some more eggs when you get back from vacation and are all settled in.

 

[BamaChicken]

We will see what we can do. I thougt that color looked like one of my chicks.

 

[speckledhen]

Adam, I keep looking at this one, and I just can't make up my mind. Could definitely go either way, but the legs don't look really thick, like the cockerel I hatched from Julie's eggs last year. Possibly a pullet there.

 

[herechickchick]

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of course it is one of yours! and a true stunner so far, NOTHING like a hatchery RIR, so beautiful.