please help??

jewels4850 · Mar 31, 2016

Hi. I am new and raising chickens. I've had these from Tractor Supply for about 6 weeks. I do not know the breed or if there's any roosters. They are supposed to be all hens , could anyone tell me if any of them look like roosters and possibly the breed?

shanadienne · Mar 31, 2016

The brown ones look female to me, possibly Red Sex Links.

The bottom right black one definitely looks like a cockerel; I'm not sure about the others. Clearer pictures of their faces would help.

chicklover 1998 · Mar 31, 2016

they both have roo combs but the body shape is of a sex linked production bird, a red and a black sex linked chicken, however if they are sexlinked birds then the roos would not look like that which is confusing me.

ChickenLover200 · Mar 31, 2016

shanadienne said:
The brown ones look female to me, possibly Red Sex Links.

The bottom right black one definitely looks like a cockerel; I'm not sure about the others. Clearer pictures of their faces would help.

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shanadienne · Mar 31, 2016

chicklover 1998 said:
they both have roo combs but the body shape is of a sex linked production bird, a red and a black sex linked chicken, however if they are sexlinked birds then the roos would not look like that which is confusing me.

My thoughts also.

Ol Grey Mare · Mar 31, 2016

chicklover 1998 said:
they both have roo combs but the body shape is of a sex linked production bird, a red and a black sex linked chicken, however if they are sexlinked birds then the roos would not look like that which is confusing me.

Both birds are sex links - one black and one red - and both are pullets. Their combs are not at all large, nor are they colored up, for their age.

chicklover 1998 · Mar 31, 2016

Ol Grey Mare said:
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my neighbor had some and I don't know if he told me the wrong age which he could have but his were almost 3 mo. before their combs started to get that big not that they are big combs but it just seemed like they had larger combs than what I saw on his birds last year.

Ol Grey Mare · Mar 31, 2016

chicklover 1998 said:
my neighbor had some and I don't know if he told me the wrong age which he could have but his were almost 3 mo. before their combs started to get that big not that they are big combs but it just seemed like they had larger combs than what I saw on his birds last year.

*Some* growth at this age is not so much a gender thing - more than size at this age it is color that would be concerning. A pullet will not develop a lot of pink in her comb/wattles until 14+ weeks (as she approaches the point of lay), while cockerels will have growth *and* color starting much earlier (I have seen some very prominent, very pink combs at 3 weeks). Many folks see a little comb growth and panic.

jewels4850 · Mar 31, 2016

These are two I question the most??

Cel45 · Apr 1, 2016

jewels4850 said:
These are two I question the most??

Look like black sex-linked pullets to me.

please help??

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