I appreciate the viewpoint, knowing myself I don't think it will be harder to do so later. More, I'd really like to know if it's unkind to the roosters to give them away in batches of two at separate times. They will end up at the same place, but they may not know each other a couple months...
...companions twice.
I definitely want to be the least cruel possible.
How much does it matter? The Brahma rooster,"Opal", was the one chick that *I* chose when I went with my kids. I am in particular pretty heartbroken to part with him, and I also wanted to see how much bigger he might be...
Hi, I'm so sorry your baby is having trouble, we had a beautiful blue backyard mix that had feet troubles. It was recommended to us to give her a little sandals by using that very gentle paper tape, medical that comes off easily, and walnut shell halves. It seem to work for a little bit, but...
I was actually thinking the one with the slightly pinkish comb (while unusual) is more likely a hen, feathering looks like it came in a little sooner on the head, and the comb is a little narrower. The other one looks like it's getting size more quickly and is slower feathering, which I think is...
It really is looking like it isn't it, we're pretty disappointed too, we would love to keep our roosters, but we have to (cross fingers) find a good home for them when they start crowing. We're not allowed to have them where we live.
Enjoy him while you've got him, aren't they beautiful and...
I think there's a good chance your Orpington is a hen, she looks just like ours, but a couple weeks behind. The Easter Egger, I think it is a hen also.
The white leghorn, I think you really cannot tell at this stage, both the sexes get huge combs, and our hen had a noticeable comb quite early...
Your mystery breed looks just like our (probably) cuckoo Maran, although yours doesn't have feathery feet, so I guess it's not very helpful. We're quite sure ours is a boy at this point, and at four weeks the comb looked just like yours.
Any updated pictures? Is it becoming more obvious one way or the other? I would love to know about your beautiful little chick! We have a white jersey giant, she looks like a rooster because her comb is huge, almost as big as a leghorn hen comb. Also, ours is kind of shrimpy. She's one of our...
We have a bantam rooster who is simply too small for any of our hens, they just shake him off. Our largest hens are lavender Orpingtons and smallest are home mixes, a bit smaller than our one leghorn hen.
If your hens are used to a smaller rooster, they might accept him...
We have 4 other...