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P. Diddy? or Petunia?

post #1 of 10
6/26/12 at 5:54am
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All,

 

With my very limited chicken knowledge, I have almost certainly decided that this little chick is going to be P. Diddy, not Petunia as I had planned. :) We don't have a rooster and were planning to get one, so when I purchased two Blue Australorp chickss and one started to look a little "roosterish" to me, I wasn't upset at all. I just want a confirmation from ya'll on whether or not I should let this little one get used to his/her new name. :)

 

Thank you in advance for any help provided!

Delane

 

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post #2 of 10
6/26/12 at 6:19am

how old is it? It's comb is not very red for a boy....

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11 yo son,8 yo daughter,27 yo arab & 8 yo mini gelding, cat--3 ancona hens,4 ee's,3 cuckoo & 3 bc marans,3 orloff, dominique, s lakenvelder, cuckoo olive egger, CA grey,lf partridge cochin, lf black cochin, 2 lf barred cochins, ss hamburg,9 mixed girls, creme brabanter, houdan & 2 roos,4 speckled sussex hens & roo, bcm roo, 2 guineas, royal palm hen & hubby 

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post #3 of 10
6/26/12 at 6:21am

Don't see any saddle feathers, either. Looks like a Petunia to me....

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Do you know God?

ACTS 20:28

Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

ACTS 2:38

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

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post #4 of 10
6/26/12 at 6:24am
Ditto
"To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves."
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"To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves."
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post #5 of 10
6/26/12 at 6:43am
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Sorry, its about 6 weeks old, I'm just surprised! Its so much bigger than the other one that we got at the same time!

 

Can someone tell me what "saddle feathers" are? I'm really new to this. :)

 

Happy that ya'll think its a Petunia though! Thats great as well! I'll just have to stop calling it P.Diddy. :P

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post #6 of 10
6/26/12 at 6:52am

Saddle feathers are the feathers on the back of a chicken. Roosters get sickle shaped feather (or pointed) where as hens have more spoon shaped feathers.

Chickens: 3 Basque Hens, 4 Olandsk Dwarfs, 5 Swedish Flower Hens, and 2 Seramas.

 

Ducks: 1 Khaki campbell, 1 Black Crested duck, 4 Muscovies, and a Mallard that visits every once in a while .

 

Geese: 2 Old English.

 

Chicks/Juveniles: 10 Basque Hens, 12 Swedish Flower Hens, 5 Rhodebars, and  2 Seramas.

 

Website: http://blackwalnutfarms.webs.com/

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Chickens: 3 Basque Hens, 4 Olandsk Dwarfs, 5 Swedish Flower Hens, and 2 Seramas.

 

Ducks: 1 Khaki campbell, 1 Black Crested duck, 4 Muscovies, and a Mallard that visits every once in a while .

 

Geese: 2 Old English.

 

Chicks/Juveniles: 10 Basque Hens, 12 Swedish Flower Hens, 5 Rhodebars, and  2 Seramas.

 

Website: http://blackwalnutfarms.webs.com/

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post #7 of 10
6/26/12 at 6:53am

Sorry there are only sadddle feathers on roosters. My bad.

Chickens: 3 Basque Hens, 4 Olandsk Dwarfs, 5 Swedish Flower Hens, and 2 Seramas.

 

Ducks: 1 Khaki campbell, 1 Black Crested duck, 4 Muscovies, and a Mallard that visits every once in a while .

 

Geese: 2 Old English.

 

Chicks/Juveniles: 10 Basque Hens, 12 Swedish Flower Hens, 5 Rhodebars, and  2 Seramas.

 

Website: http://blackwalnutfarms.webs.com/

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Chickens: 3 Basque Hens, 4 Olandsk Dwarfs, 5 Swedish Flower Hens, and 2 Seramas.

 

Ducks: 1 Khaki campbell, 1 Black Crested duck, 4 Muscovies, and a Mallard that visits every once in a while .

 

Geese: 2 Old English.

 

Chicks/Juveniles: 10 Basque Hens, 12 Swedish Flower Hens, 5 Rhodebars, and  2 Seramas.

 

Website: http://blackwalnutfarms.webs.com/

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post #8 of 10
6/26/12 at 8:37am

Could still be a boy at only 6 weeks.  Legs look thick for the body.  The pointed feathers don't come in for a little while yet.

I have 5 broody hatched boys who didn't get those pointed feathers until 12-13 weeks.  Now I do have 14 week old birds that don't have those feathers and I can't decide if they are boys or girls...

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We have 3 dogs, 30 hens, 2 roosters: Buckeye, Partridge Rocks, Salmon Favs, Gold Comets, Easter Eggers, Austrolorp, hatchery RIR, New Hampshire, Jersey Giant, Dominique, mixed bantams, mixed LF
Sold several of our pullets, could not overwinter 26 additional birds!
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Mother of 2 boys, wife to a wonderful man who stays at home while I work full time in the veterinary profession.
We have 3 dogs, 30 hens, 2 roosters: Buckeye, Partridge Rocks, Salmon Favs, Gold Comets, Easter Eggers, Austrolorp, hatchery RIR, New Hampshire, Jersey Giant, Dominique, mixed bantams, mixed LF
Sold several of our pullets, could not overwinter 26 additional birds!
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post #9 of 10
6/27/12 at 8:11am
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Thanks everyone! I suppose time will tell, but we got more Petunia votes than P.Diddy ones... maybe for now I'll just call it Chick or something :P

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post #10 of 10
6/27/12 at 9:43am

saddle feathers are the base of the tail and most of my chicks don't start to get them till they are 4+ months old and only cockerels will get these slender pointed feathers at the base of the tail. hackles will also be slender and pointed just as the saddles but they are the feathers around the neck, a hens hackles will stay fat and rounded at the tips these start to come in around the same time as saddles do/would.

 

I'm leaning towards a cockerel by 10 weeks you should defiantly know its gender and can you please update at 10 weeks of age :-)

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