Not Sure If You've Got A Pullet Or Cockerel? Click Here! Thread 2

[junebuggena]

That may be true, but I though that tsc didn't order? I thought they just got shipments in without knowing what was coming. But idk I may be wrong

Someone, somewhere within the company has to place the orders...

 

[meganne79]

So this little doll is 7 weeks old, a dark brahma. I was sure it was a pullet based on coloring but he/she has the brightest comb in my coop other than my very obvious EE roo. I'm also curious about the neck feathering? Thanks a bunch!

 

[poppycock1974]

Got 4 chicks I need guesses on. They are all 5 weeks old. I have one Cochin, two sebrights and one OEGB I'm curious about.

 

[junebuggena]

So this little doll is 7 weeks old, a dark brahma. I was sure it was a pullet based on coloring but he/she has the brightest comb in my coop other than my very obvious EE roo. I'm also curious about the neck feathering? Thanks a bunch!

Pullet.

 

[erysette]

Hoping I'll get some help on my Ameraucanas and a little Buff Orpington:

Buff:

Ameraucana #1 (black):

Ameraucana #2 (grey):

Ameraucana #3 (grey?):

 

[PurdysGurl]

Hi!

I have a 2.5 week old ( approx) australorp. Is it to early to tell if I have a pullet or roo?

Thanks!!

Suzanne

 

[ChickenLover200]

Hi! I have a 2.5 week old ( approx) australorp. Is it to early to tell if I have a pullet or roo? Thanks!! Suzanne

a little early to tell, but I'm just gonna say pullet.

 

[LisPrissy]

Typical of TSC. They order straight run sexlinks all the time, and label them as pullets. The golden females are usually sold quickly, leaving nothing but the white cockerels. 

That's terrible, they even charge more for the ones they say are pullets.

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

Hoping I'll get some help on my Ameraucanas and a little Buff Orpington:

Buff:




Ameraucana #1 (black):




Ameraucana #2 (grey):




Ameraucana #3 (grey?):

No obvious cockerels yet. Please post standing profile pictures in natural lighting when they're older. Also, the color is called blue.

 

[debid]

OK, I am no TSC fan but that's just not true. They do order straight run sexlinks and the females sell first to those who know. But I have never seen them mis-labeled as pullets. Instead, it will say, "Breed Special, ISA Brown" and then something about being straight run below that. The people who know that's a brand name gold sexlink buy the females and they're left with all males. The people who don't know look at a bin of leftover male chicks that all look alike and expect they're roughly half & half. So, they might take home six cockerels.

They do also combine bins and that's where the bulk of the problems arise because the signage doesn't necessarily get transferred with them. So, straight run black sexlink leftover males look like barred rock females and they're in a mixed chick bin so people guess that's ​what they are.