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    RIR pullets or cockerels?

    That’s definitely one of the options we are looking into. At what age do you recommend butchering?
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    RIR pullets or cockerels?

    Thank you! I really appreciate you including the pictures. It’s hard to compare with what a pullet should look like when mine all basically look the same.
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    RIR pullets or cockerels?

    I’m just checking back in. They are 9 weeks old now and we are making plans to get rid of them if they are still roosters. (Weird thing to say… 😆)
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    RIR pullets or cockerels?

    Thank you. I appreciate your help.
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    RIR pullets or cockerels?

    We got them from TSC and they said they were RIR… if they aren’t, that’s really frustrating. I’ve heard about things like that happening before though.
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    RIR pullets or cockerels?

    Thanks for all of your replies. Just curious and trying to understand are you saying they are Roos based on their combs? Do you see other signs? We’ve never had RIRs before but our barred rock hens had similar combs at that age. What about the difference in the tails?
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    RIR pullets or cockerels?

    Buying chicks around here has been kind of crazy this year, so we ended up buying 4 straight run RIRs because we needed to add to our existing flock. Three of the chicks developed tails early, and one did not. We are really hoping we have pullets and one cockerel. We aren’t allowed to have...
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    Missing Feathers

    We aren’t sure how to help one of our chickens. She has always been a little skittish and different from the others even as a young chick and we got all three at the same time. She went through an aggressive stage last winter where she was attacking the most docile hen. We ended up putting her...
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