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I think my Favorite Hen, may actually be a ROO!! Tell me it isn't so!

post #1 of 6
6/17/12 at 8:33am
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my girl is on the right, is she a roo??

 

 

So this is my girl on the Right, the darker chicken. She is about 12 weeks old, and is a ISA Brown. 

She is our favorite chicken. but as she gets older we notice her waddle/comb is bigger then the rest of the girls. She is also very bossy. Could she be a roo? The chickens to the left is the same age as her, they came from the same group.

 

What are tell tale ways to tell between a Rooser and Hen?  

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post #2 of 6
6/17/12 at 10:13am

If she was a male, the color would be completely different.

 

She's a she. That's what a sex link is, able to sex at hatch by color. Males would be mostly white with red in the wings.

 

 

This is an Isa Brown cockerel, thanks to Feathersite for their photo references:

 

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Sex-links/ISABrown8moColonel2.JPEG


Edited by speckledhen - 6/17/12 at 10:15am

 

~A dog on its owner's property is a pet; A dog on someone else's property is a predator~

 

 

Living the Good Life in the North Georgia Mountains~ Cynthia

 

 

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~A dog on its owner's property is a pet; A dog on someone else's property is a predator~

 

 

Living the Good Life in the North Georgia Mountains~ Cynthia

 

 

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post #3 of 6
6/17/12 at 10:53am
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Thank you! That's what I thought, but I get paranoid since this is my first time with chickens! Thanks for your reassuring words. yesss.gif

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post #4 of 6
6/17/12 at 10:56am

that does not look any thing like a ISA brown....it look like a Red Sex-link...also known as golden comet, red star, golden sex link and many more....and if it is a red sex-link which i am 95% sure it is...it is 100% a pullet

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post #5 of 6
6/17/12 at 10:57am

I bet she will be the first to lay an egg big_smile.png

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post #6 of 6
6/17/12 at 11:53am

An ISA Brown is a sex link, just another trade name for someone's "brand"--it's a red sex link cross of RIR and White Leghorn.

 

~A dog on its owner's property is a pet; A dog on someone else's property is a predator~

 

 

Living the Good Life in the North Georgia Mountains~ Cynthia

 

 

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~A dog on its owner's property is a pet; A dog on someone else's property is a predator~

 

 

Living the Good Life in the North Georgia Mountains~ Cynthia

 

 

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