Pullets?

cruxmama

Chirping
Jul 14, 2015
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Since my Delaware and my Wyandotte both appear to be roos, I am now worried about the rest of my flock. I am fairly confident the remaining three are pullets, but just in case... here they are. They are all 7-1/2 weeks old now...

Here is Pepper, my son's Black Austrolorp:



Here is Stella, my daughter's Buff Orpington:



And here is Henrietta, my husband's Barred Rock:



All of the pics above are from today... Here are a few from last week, when they were 6 weeks and 5 days old:




Hoping these three are ladies? What say you, BYC??
*crossing fingers for luck*
 
I agree also
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Excellent!! Thank you so much, everybody!!

You know, this is what we get for trying to outsmart the Chicken Math... we wanted 4 or 5 hens. So we ordered 5, figuring that one was probably going to end up being a roo, and we would still have 4. Now we may only have 3 hens and 2 roos (the jury is still out on my Wyandotte it seems, but I am leaning roo based on behavior)... So much for that 90% accuracy rate for sexing, eh? My first lesson in chicken math is thus: when the hatcheries say 90%, they really mean 60%, LOL!!

But oh well, we will get it worked out! And in the meantime, at least my kids' chickens are both ladies; they will be so happy to know that!! Thanks all! :)
 
Excellent!! Thank you so much, everybody!!

You know, this is what we get for trying to outsmart the Chicken Math... we wanted 4 or 5 hens. So we ordered 5, figuring that one was probably going to end up being a roo, and we would still have 4. Now we may only have 3 hens and 2 roos (the jury is still out on my Wyandotte it seems, but I am leaning roo based on behavior)... So much for that 90% accuracy rate for sexing, eh? My first lesson in chicken math is thus: when the hatcheries say 90%, they really mean 60%, LOL!!

But oh well, we will get it worked out! And in the meantime, at least my kids' chickens are both ladies; they will be so happy to know that!! Thanks all! :)

You're welcome.
 

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