White Leghorns

[target022]

I've read that they are super easy to sex. These are 6 weeks old. Can I be pretty confident that the large red combs mean rooster?

Rooster

Hen

Roo & Hen

 

[incubatingisfun]

in the fully grown ones the females have bigger combs

 

[jerseygirl1]

The combs on my leghorn pullets are MUCH larger than those - I thought they were roos, but then they started laying

 

[incubatingisfun]

i have three leghorns and they have huge combs so i think it is thee hens

 

[PotterWatch]

The top one is definitely a roo and the second one is a pullet. The color of the comb matters just as much as the size.

 

[target022]

Even at only 6 weeks?

 

[ArizonaDesertChicks]

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I agree - definitely a roo & a pullet. Yes, leghorn pullets have large combs, but not until they get closer to laying age. 6 week old pullet chicks have very small & light colored combs.

This is a 7-8 week old leghorn pullet:

Here she is at 18 weeks old:

Again at 22 weeks of age after she started laying eggs - huge comb & wattle difference between the 18th & 22nd week

 

[M To The Maxx]

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I agree.

 

[Mahonri]

That's a pretty Leghorn MaryAnn.