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post #1 of 15
11/28/11 at 2:48pm
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updated pics later in post


Edited by hdowden - 12/8/11 at 12:37pm

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post #2 of 15
11/28/11 at 3:01pm

I would wait, mine were obviously girls at 5 weeks.

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post #3 of 15
11/28/11 at 3:14pm
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the porcilein is feathering in faster than the mille but its comb is also larger...i'm going to say that you cant tell gender by how they feather out...so hoping for 2 pullets

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post #4 of 15
11/28/11 at 5:18pm

Yeah I've never trusted the feathering thing...every chick is different smile

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post #5 of 15
11/30/11 at 11:10am
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anyone else want to guess the gender?

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post #6 of 15
11/30/11 at 11:26am

It is a bit early, but I don't see anything yet that would indicate roo-ness.

I DO however, see a whooooooooole lot of signs of CUTE! lovelove  They look so soft!

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post #7 of 15
12/8/11 at 12:38pm
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they still look like pullets...
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post #8 of 15
12/8/11 at 12:55pm

Yes, they are looking like pullets. smile I'm not familiar with d'Uccles, but I would think at 4 weeks you'd see more comb development and/or more color in the combs for cockerels.

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post #9 of 15
12/8/11 at 1:05pm
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i also think you would see more color and bigger combs as well. i winged sexed them and by that they are supposidly pullets and so far that looks to be correct

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post #10 of 15
12/8/11 at 4:44pm

They look 100% like my D'uccle hens looked at that age. Pullets!

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