I know it's early, but I think I've pegged two out of three.
These are all Jersey Giant x RIR, the older two are now 4.5 weeks old and the younger 3 weeks. They hatched 1.5 weeks apart.
Our first contestant appears to me to be solid roo. Comb and wattles started showing at 3 weeks, and legs are much thicker than the one I think is his sister.
Second contestant, I think is a pullet. Their tails were very different when feathers started coming in, her legs are thinner, and to me she just looks pulletish.
And finally, our little mascot, who will turn out one way or the other. I think she's a pullet.
I don't care which she turns into. Right now the others are protecting her, sleeping on her at night (presumably to keep her warm, but they won't sleep under the heater) and teaching her all the older-sibling chicken things, like dancing on the food bottle until it tips over. A necessary skill, you would agree.
These are all Jersey Giant x RIR, the older two are now 4.5 weeks old and the younger 3 weeks. They hatched 1.5 weeks apart.
Our first contestant appears to me to be solid roo. Comb and wattles started showing at 3 weeks, and legs are much thicker than the one I think is his sister.
Second contestant, I think is a pullet. Their tails were very different when feathers started coming in, her legs are thinner, and to me she just looks pulletish.
And finally, our little mascot, who will turn out one way or the other. I think she's a pullet.
I don't care which she turns into. Right now the others are protecting her, sleeping on her at night (presumably to keep her warm, but they won't sleep under the heater) and teaching her all the older-sibling chicken things, like dancing on the food bottle until it tips over. A necessary skill, you would agree.
