Not Sure if You've Got a Pullet or a Cockerel? Click here! thread 3

[Chicken Girl1]

Is this a rooster?

How old? Can you get a side view picture without netting?

 

[jbraswell]

They are 5 weeks today.

 

[sbas5561]

We purchased two buff pullets from our local feed store but I'm guessing we got "lucky" and pulled a pullet & a cockerel instead. The one has a much more pronounced comb/wattle & is already turning reddish/pink . They are between 6-8 weeks old. What do y'all think? Thanks

 

[Chicken Girl1]

They are 5 weeks today.

I'm leaning towards cockerel but its to young to say for sure so I would post again in another week or two to make sure.

 

[jbraswell]

Thank you!

 

[Chicken Girl1]

We purchased two buff pullets from our local feed store but I'm guessing we got "lucky" and pulled a pullet & a cockerel instead. The one has a much more pronounced comb/wattle & is already turning reddish/pink . They are between 6-8 weeks old. What do y'all think? Thanks

I think you have a cockerel and a pullet

 

[ChickenLover200]

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I think you have a cockerel and a pullet

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[all4boatn]

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Simply wondering about sex, not breed. Not sure how where they're from has anything to do with their gender. Brand new to this site and I'm hoping not all responses are so condescending. Thank you for your input on my 'Barred Rocks'.

please relax before jumping to a defensive approach. Junebuggena was not trying to be condescending at all! The breeds used to make babies can determine the sex at a young age, hence the sex link trait. If you use a barred rock hen and a prominently back cock, you get what is called the black sex link. Rosters have xx and hens have xy. The hen will only pass on her barring gene to her male offspring (sons)and the female offspring (daughters) will have the roo's coloring (generally all black, or the coloring of that perticular breeds hens) at hatch these hybrid or mixed breeds can be sexed by this sex link. The roos will have a white spot on the back of their head and be mostly all black otherwise. The pullets will not have the spot. This also works with red roos and certain breed hens. Research sex links. These hybrid chickens will never breed true and never become a new breed. Junebuggena was just trying to help and deserves an apology. She did not mean anything towards the chickens being cross breed and in fact, often they are called hybrid chickens due to that they often are much better egg layers in terms of feed to egg ratios. Also many meat chickens are hybrid or dual purpose, as meat birds, they grow faster and are more tender costing less to feed and faster freezer stocking. Don't forget the apology!


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As long as we are at it, let's guess the ones in not sure about. The barred are sex link cocks. The all black and the Browns I'm not sure about. Also wondering about the two brown ones, from the bo hens?or could they have gotten the copper coloring from the bcm roster? Bcm hens are all black from what I've seen. Strange the one has a wyandotte brown streaking to it...it's my fav.#1 
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I think that the black ones with brown leakage are BSL pullets.


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Didn't want to quote the entire thread you had with everyone's in it. That's what i was thinking, the brown is coming from the bcm.
Here are the all blacks, they are the ones I'm really not sure about yet. Most the combs all turning pink fast...
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These black chicks have the same metallic dark green tint over the black just like my black australorps and the black copper Maran roo.so most likely came from the BA eggs. I'm still new to hatching, done a ton of research but first hand looks are different than reading and looking at pics when your new at it as I'm sure everyone knows. ..thank you

 

[ChickenChick61]

Hi! We bought what we hoped were Black SexLink Chickens from Tractor Supply. They are now ten weeks old. I am not convinced that these birds are BSL. They had a tub right next to the BSL containing Asian Chickens the prior day and the day we went in, there were different breeds in one tub. These birds have black feet and three of four of the birds have five toes! And if you see a Roo among them, I would not mind knowing that either.

 

[tine434]

I like following these just to learn for myself, but how old does a chick have to be to make a good guess? I see some who are older but no one is sure and then some people are fairly sure and they're only 3 weeks old lol.