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Can you explain why it’s a female?No, female.
If it was a male at that age it would have pointed saddle and hackle feathers and large red Comb and wattles.Can you explain why it’s a female?
I had a broody hen hatch 8 (mixed breed) eggs (not her own). They ALL look like females to me but my eggs are now fertilized so obviously atleast one in the bunch is a rooster. This and one other was the only one that I had suspicions of.
I thought for sure I’d be able to tell which ones are roosters and this wouldn’t be a problem but
What about this chicken?
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Yeah I guess I am… I also just assumed that they told me that there was a 50/50 chance of the eggs being male or female and I thought it wouldn’t be likely that all eight would be hens… and then it seems like the eggs are fertilized, so I thought we must have a rooster but I also thought that I would be able to tell and all of them look like hens so maybe they are all just hens and I can stop trying to figure out this mystery…Welcome to BYC!
Both chickens pictured are 100% female.
Are you just going by the 'bullseye'? There have been quite a few threads where that turned out false, so I would not rely on it.
I think you can stop worrying about it. They're all female.Yeah I guess I am… I also just assumed that they told me that there was a 50/50 chance of the eggs being male or female and I thought it wouldn’t be likely that all eight would be hens… and then it seems like the eggs are fertilized, so I thought we must have a rooster but I also thought that I would be able to tell and all of them look like hens so maybe they are all just hens and I can stop trying to figure out this mystery…
Feel free to post photos of them all if you like, that way one could clear in up.Yeah I guess I am… I also just assumed that they told me that there was a 50/50 chance of the eggs being male or female and I thought it wouldn’t be likely that all eight would be hens… and then it seems like the eggs are fertilized, so I thought we must have a rooster but I also thought that I would be able to tell and all of them look like hens so maybe they are all just hens and I can stop trying to figure out this mystery…