Certainly I’m no expert, but would we need pictures that show the top of their head? Maybe @Overo Mare would know?
The poultry site below says the following: “The sex of purebred Barred Plymouth Rocks chicks can be determined on the basis of the size and shape of a light-colored spot on the top...
We have 4 Black Australorp, we call them the Fantastic Four because I can’t always tell them apart. I’m wondering if they’re purebred and if they're pullets or cockerels. They’re numbered 1-4, my guesses are:
1. maybe a pullet, the comb & waddles are red, but less so than the others.
2...
This one doesn’t have a name yet, we think it’s a cockerel , but wanted to confirm. It’s the same age as the SLW (14 Weeks), but has more red/pink in the comb, and it’s feathers look pointy to me. It’s got attitude too, not wth us (it just avoids us), but let one of the Dobies come by the...
Here’s Clover at 12 weeks of age. we picked the chick from an assortment of day old Wyandottes, is this a silver Wyandotte? It has a lot of black so I wasn’t sure if it’s purebred. Also, is old enough to tell if it’s a pullet?
We live in sunny and hot Southern California with horses, Dobermans and now chickens! We bought ours at the local feed store and they’re different ages. We were told we had 80% chance of getting pullets, so knowing my luck, we bought extras. Chicken Math is REAL lol.
We’ve been reading all...