Sexing 3 week old Golden Laced Wyandottes?

[CaptainCrunch]

i have 3 GLW, any opinions on sex?

My wife and I noticed that #3 is bigger, stands tall and had gotten tail feathers well before the others, could that mean Cockeral?

1&2 have the same facial markings and feather colour, 3 is more plain on the face and slightly darker feathers...

Only 1 has a small comb, 2 & 3 have a wide flat space whee the comb is...

We are confused...

TIA

 

[chuckachucka]

It's really too young to tell l. Normally between 4-8 weeks the gender becomes clear, but if I had to guess with yours at this age I would say the first chick is a cockerel, the third is a pullet, and not sure about the second. I'm most confident about the first being male, but would still wait a couple weeks to be certain.

 

[chuckachucka]

Also the third chick looks like it has a single comb instead of the rose comb that wyandottes are supposed to have. It might be not pure wyandotte which would explain why it is bigger than the other two.

 

[Folly's place]

I also will stick my neck out and call #1 a cockerel, #2 maybe pullet, and #3 unsure. More pictures in a couple of weeks!
Mary

 

[Welshies]

They should be 8 weeks old before they get sexed.

 

[mrsdee]

I'd say 2&3 are cockerels while 1 is a pullet. And GLW can have single Combs. My GLW girl had a single comb and was for sure a GLW.

 

[CaptainCrunch]

Will post photos as they grow

 

[Tiana's chickens]

I'd say 2&3 are cockerels while 1 is a pullet. And GLW can have single Combs. My GLW girl had a single comb and was for sure a GLW.

Yes purebred Wyandottes can have single combs, I've heard they've kept a single combs in the bred because if you just keep breeding the rose combs you're eventually breeding out the fertility... or something like that anyways

 

[Tiana's chickens]

At the moment 1&2 both look like boys, 3 looks like a girl

 

[CaptainCrunch]

They are now 9 weeks old...
based on the behavior also, we think 2 and 3 are cockerels and 1 is a pullet...

any thoughts?