Pullet or Cockeral - youngest age to sex Cochins LF & Bantams...also Silver Spangled Hamburgs?

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chicksurreal said:
Thank you very much! They're one of my absolute favorite breeds.
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You're so welcome! I don't blame you; it's a very attractive breed.

-Alex
 
Silver spangled hamburg Chick#1
Definitely has the reddish crest so far of the 3, probable cockerel?






 
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I'm thinking cockerel for SSH baby #1. Chick #2 reminds me so much of Avalon at that age.....adorable little Hamburgs you've got there!
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Just for reference, Avalon at about 10 weeks old (sadly, that's the earliest I have good photos of her). Notice that even here she didn't show any signs of comb development.

-Alex
 
Here's Ophelia at about 8 weeks, she's 14 weeks now and still shows little to no comb or wattle development.

 
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I'd say chick number 1 is a cockerel and chick number 2 is a pullet unless the comb suddenly starts growing like crazy. Lol!

SSH pullets are notoriously slow to mature compared to some other breeds. I didn't get an egg from any of my 15 SSH pullets for 26 weeks and the last girl started laying at 30 weeks.
 
Thats what I was thinking, these were hatched around Sept 14th....so if they are darkening so much at this age almost certainly will be roos. Hope one of the 2 girly looking chicks doesn't end up being a roo as well >.< then I will only end up with one pair of SSH and I like the look of them.
 
southernhusky said:
Thats what I was thinking, these were hatched around Sept 14th....so if they are darkening so much at this age almost certainly will be roos. Hope one of the 2 girly looking chicks doesn't end up being a roo as well >.< then I will only end up with one pair of SSH and I like the look of them.
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I love my SSH's. They are very flighty and not cuddly at all, but they have personality and are really good egg layers as well as being very pretty to look at. They also prefer to roost in trees, even though my entire flock was raised from day old chicks in the coop, they would head to the trees every night instead of going in the coop after free ranging. Silly chickens. They don't do it much any more, but it was a challenge there for a while.
 
Quite true, @chicksurreal . Although she was (and still is) the friendliest chick I have ever been acquainted with, Avalon's Hamburg genes kicked in at some point, and now she's perhaps one of the flightiest birds in our flock. I still love her, though, and really enjoy the beauty she adds to the yard.

-Alex
 

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