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Really? You're thinking she is roo? not good news for my friend.

Hi all, A friend of mine picked up this girl as a chick 2 months ago from the store that told her it was a Delaware White. What breed do you all think it really is? We're thinking it could be a buff orpington but it has yellow legs. Another thought is a buff plymouth rock...what do you all...

That's what I hoped!

Hi everyone, I have a 7.5 month old blue marans roo. He has not crowed yet (not that I'm complaining since he was an "accident") and I don't even see him trying to crow. I also haven't seen him trying to mate with any of our 3 girls. He is about 2 months younger than the girls and they do boss...

My RIR didn't start laying until almost 28 weeks but then gave me 5-6 eggs per week even through New England winters without supplemental lighting. Follow the excellent advice above and enjoy your eggs in a few weeks!

Thanks for the tip! We're definitely keeping him and we have a blue and green egg layer.

Thanks everyone. I broke the news to the wife and she took it surprisingly well. I did have to promise to get her a dark brown egg layer in the spring though and now we're looking at incubators. This must be how chicken math was developed. :)

Meet Cookie, my blue marans who is about 4 months old. Initially, we thought she was a pullet, but now I am really starting to think she is a roo. First of all, Cookie is massive, much bigger than my White Orp and EE hens. Second, the neck and saddle feathers are much thinner and sharper than my...

The bottoms are whitish like her legs so looks like WO it is.

Thanks everyone!

Hi all, This girl is 5 months old (hatched 5/1) and I'm not sure what breed she is. I picked her up from someone who said she came from McMurray's "rainbow layers" assortment. I'm thinking she is a White Jersey Giant but what do you all think? Thanks.

Definitely a girl.

Agreed, all girls - congratulations!

How about some pics? :) I wasn't able to see any in your other post either.

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