What breed are these bantam babies?

[ChickenGrass]

Yes definitely a cockerel too and I would say it's probably a d'Uccle/pekin cross. Good to hear that you are far enough away to be safe from bird flu. Lucky you!....Although maybe not so lucky regarding both of these bantam's being males. :/  

Has there been any bird flu across the pond?
Hopefully not
Goodluck
Fionn.

 

[nurseemi]

Really? I honestly think it's a pullet. It certainly behaves like one! The white rooster has double the size comb and wattles and bright red and they are the same age. (The pics of him were taken 2 weeks prior). He also started crowing around 3 weeks ago. The brown/red one doesn't crow, and when I come up behind her to pick her up, she does the squat they do when they're mating (like all my girls do when I want to pick them up).

 

[rebrascora]

The white one is more dominant which is why this one doesn't crow. Squatting at that age is just a submissive posture because it is low ranking. At 10 weeks that comb is way too big and pink to be a pullet's head gear.

 

[nurseemi]

Buggar. Lol
I might buy some more chicks for my other broody then and try my luck again
Thank you!

 

[rebrascora]

I would probably buy sexed chicks this time, to give yourself better odds.
I hatch chicks from my own flock and last summer and I had over 70% cockerels, so you are not the only one with bad luck. Out of 56 chicks, that's a lot of chicken soup and coq au vin! The year before wasn't much better. I keep hoping next year will be my pullet year.

 

[BantamLover21]

I'm in Australia so no bird flu issues here (yet!)
Here's my girl now at around 10ish weeks.
One of the other hens pecked some feathers from her head

so that's why there's some missing!

Cockerel.