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1/25/12 at 2:56am

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so far 4 out of my original 6 have been roosters and you would think i could tell by now!

Any guess on breed?

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1/25/12 at 3:04am

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how old? they look like my cornish rock cross meatie

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1/25/12 at 3:25am

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5 months

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1/25/12 at 3:59am

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yeah, cornish rocks, and i think they must be roos. usually 5 month old pullets don't have such combs unless they are a productiion breed.

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1/25/12 at 4:32am

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mmmmm they might be white orpingtons , with the red comb and wattle you should either be getting eggs or crowing.

An egg by any other name is still an egg

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1/25/12 at 6:34am

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would a 5 month old orp be that big?

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1/25/12 at 10:23am

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They look like Cornish crosses, if only based on the size of their legs!

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1/25/12 at 11:33am

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They are huge! But I was told Cornish cross would not have survived this long.

No crowing and no eggs yet.

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1/25/12 at 11:43am

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The reason yours have not died yet is because they have not been eating "meatie" food and I would guess you dont keep a light on them all day. They are Cornish x and if hens, will not lay efficiantly. But anyway, I like your little barred guy!

I currently have five chickens, a bantam partridge wyandotte, buckeye, Goldlaced wyandotte, Delaware, and a buff orpington cross. My banty recently hatched 3 chicks a whos moms were a rsl, bo, and a aruacana and all share the same father a cuckoo maran. And 26 broiler chicks.