8 week old Lakenvelders

[LadyMyrtle]

I've not had this much trouble identifying pullet/roo since I had bantam araucanas a few years ago!

(How much difference does it make if you already have a rooster in the flock? Does that make baby roos slower to develop at all? This is my first year ever having a roo so not sure if that makes a difference??)

Anyway, all 3 have had identical behaviour from hatching until a couple of weeks ago when the green one got a bit more shy than the others. All 3 have identical leg sizes, identical feathering rates, identical feathers other than slightly different patches. They all look the same from above/profile.

I fully believed that all 3 were either pullets or roos rather than a mix, and my inclination from feather/leg/comb development and general behaviour was that they were pullets rather than roos. None of them have behaved like little roos. I am less sure now than I was, having looked at other pics on here of lakenvelder pullets/roos together, and with the redness of the green one's face. But the comb is still tiny! Not a huge sail like other pics on here!

Thoughts please and ty fellow chicken peeps!!

 

[Little Baby Bean]

All three are pullets.

 

[LadyMyrtle]

All three are pullets.

I am so glad you think so too! I really want to name them but I won't until I'm sure they're staying!

 

[JedJackson]

Probably all pullets, but I would keep an eye on them. There is a lot of wattle development for 8 weeks, and a lot of red coloring in the face/combs/wattles. Especially in the last one.