Got a lot done, got the run attached and all I have left to do is put the top on and trim the rest of the metal off the front of the roof. Unfortunately, tractor supply was out of metal cutting Dremel disks so I’ll have to wait for them to restock before I can cut down that eye sore. The little...
I’m saying a rooster as when he was a chick he had the white spots on the base of his wings. That’s how I knew my rooster Kevin who is also a RIR was a boy.
Got the rafters up and started doing the siding today! It’s finally starting to look like a coop. Now the question is to insulate or not insulate. Hopefully I’ll get the rest of the sides done tomorrow then I’ll just have to put the metal siding on the roof and sides and start and finish the run.
You won't really be able to tell until they crow and they are way older but the way I could tell my barred rock was a rooster was it was a way lighter barring pattern and his comb was already pink/red when all the other barred rocks I had still had little orange combs that hadn't really come in...
I'm pretty sure I have two roosters (a rhode island red and a barred rock) and I plan on keeping them both or at least one. I might cull one for meat, but I'll probably hear about it from my wife if I do lol. Our Rhode Island Red Roo we named Kevin won't really let you hold him unlike our Barred...
No problem but you were right as well you can tell gender at birth. I have a little black sex link chick and I wanted to know more about her breed and did the research.