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Poll Results: what sex do you think?

 
  • 54% (6)
    Pullet
  • 45% (5)
    Roo
11 Total Votes  
post #11 of 24
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Here are some more pic's. (s)he is now 8 weeks. Is there any chance this could be a pullet? if you think it's a roo please tell me what makes you think that. I am new at this chicken thing and am trying to learn what to watch for and look for.

 

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post #12 of 24
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anyone thoughts as to if it's a roo or pullet?

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post #13 of 24
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Ok so I really need some help here. I can't keep a roo and I know people had said roo but I need to know why. This little one is one of my smallest chicks and is afraid of everything so to me that would mean pullet. I am new at all of this and that is why I trying to figure out if there is still a chance it could be a pullet or if there is something like color of feathers that say roo. Please help me out here.

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post #14 of 24

It looks like my easter egger. Couldn't tell you the sex though.

post #15 of 24

Well she looks girly to me, but if you look on his/her back the feathers will be pointy and shiny if it's a boy. As for breed I would say easter egger.Hope this helped :)

 

 

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post #16 of 24

You can't figure out gender based on personality all the time. I have roos that were scared of everything as chicks, too. Also, I wonder about your saying you know one bird will lay a green egg and one will lay a blue egg. If these are Easter Eggers, you'd have to have a very good idea of parentage to make that statement. With EEs, it's usually a guessing game what color they will lay.

 

It does not look like an EE to me. Here are the reasons:

1. EEs usually have puffy cheeks. This one doesn't.

2. EEs. usually have willow legs. This one doesn't.

3. EEs usually have pea combs. This one doesn't.

 

As to what it *is*, I don't know. I've had pullets with that much comb before, because they were of a breed with very large combs. But I don't have a clue as to breed.
 

We have a flock of 75-ish hens: Blue Copper Marans, Barred Rock, Red Sex Links, Black Sex Links, Easter Eggers, Tetra Tints, white Leghorns, dark Cornish, various colors of Rocks, some barnyard mixes, and a little Buttercup, who's just here for pretty. 

 

Also 35 broilers plus six Easter Egger cockerels in the meat pen. But they won't be here long. 

 

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We have a flock of 75-ish hens: Blue Copper Marans, Barred Rock, Red Sex Links, Black Sex Links, Easter Eggers, Tetra Tints, white Leghorns, dark Cornish, various colors of Rocks, some barnyard mixes, and a little Buttercup, who's just here for pretty. 

 

Also 35 broilers plus six Easter Egger cockerels in the meat pen. But they won't be here long. 

 

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post #17 of 24

Really hard to tell, i am not sure, has no bright redness to either the wattles or comb, can you post again in 2 weeks big_smile.png

The chickdren/chicken~children: 3 pekins, 3 polish, 1 slw, 1 orpington, 1 cukoo maran. 

And many more to come i think, as i want sooo many!!! 

And a good chicken day to you!! 

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The chickdren/chicken~children: 3 pekins, 3 polish, 1 slw, 1 orpington, 1 cukoo maran. 

And many more to come i think, as i want sooo many!!! 

And a good chicken day to you!! 

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post #18 of 24
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Here are some pic's of him/her at 10 almost 11 weeks. any guess on breed or if you think it's a pullet or a roo? I am so confussed

 

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post #19 of 24

In spite of the hackles looking a little pointy (optical illusion because of the coloration)  I think she looks girly to me.

 

Is she supposed to be a purebred from one of those rare chick assortments from a hatchery? If so then you could tell us which hatchery and we could narrow the possibilities by what they sell.

 

Her tail is really long, but I think the Phoenix only comes in Silver and Gold Duckwing. I think Modern Games have a really long tail too. If she is a crossbred, in my experience, the males will get some red feathers showing up in their shoulders and she has none.

 

Hmm, I hope someone has ideas for you.
 

post #20 of 24
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I got it from a local feed store. They said it was a blue egg layer but that was it. So I am guess that would mean it is some kind of mix.

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