My chocolate orpingtons are about 6 weeks old and I suspect one is a cockerel. Thoughts? Number 1 is the one I’m most suspicious of, but I’m honestly not sure about 2 and 3 either.
I have a 5 week old Mottled Houdan who is starting to get a red comb. I’m concerned with how young it is that it could be a cockerel. I’ve never had a crested breed though, so I have no idea how to sex them.
She’s almost 4 weeks old now, and I think she must be a Splash. It’s odd though, Hoovers website doesn’t show that they have splash marans. I confirmed with the feedstore that the only hatchery they used was Hoovers.
I don’t know for sure, but I think it depends. I had a chicken lay until she was like 10, then she lived another 2 years. My seven year old hen also still lays regularly, but now takes winter off when she didn’t use to.