My chicks are 5 weeks old. I can tell which of my Welsummers are boys vs. girls, but I'm not as sure of my Barnevelders. One of them has a significantly larger comb so I'm certain it is a cockerel. The other 3 have very small starts of combs. Could I really have gotten so lucky to only have one cockerel and 3 pullets? Or could there be that much variation amongst cockerels at this age? Can you usually reliably sex Barnevelders at this age?
Owner of: 1 Great Dane, 1 Yellow Lab, 2 house cats, 4 barn cats, 4 horses, 2 calves, 21 chickens, and 1 very patient husband
By day we are both family nurse practitioners. By night we run Nutwood Farms in NE Ohio, a small hobby farm and horse boarding facility.
Expecting our first, long-awaited child in December 2012!!!!!
Owner of: 1 Great Dane, 1 Yellow Lab, 2 house cats, 4 barn cats, 4 horses, 2 calves, 21 chickens, and 1 very patient husband
By day we are both family nurse practitioners. By night we run Nutwood Farms in NE Ohio, a small hobby farm and horse boarding facility.
Expecting our first, long-awaited child in December 2012!!!!!
