You have an excellent attitude. The world would be a much better place if everyone had that mindset!! So sorry for your losses. Time now I guess to rip off the band-aid and let the healing begin! Best of luck!!
Looks like a roo. Had the same situation happen to me. Bought my SLW from "My Pet Chicken", too. If you requested a female and got a male, they guarantee the sex and will refund your money if it's not too long a time. Mine started crowing at 17 weeks, so knew for sure then. Good luck!
Google pics of a SLW roo vs a hen. That helped confirm it for me. The coloring is different and the tail is longer and more curled. That and the iridescent blue/black/green sheen in the tail. He also acted more dominant than the others, bossing them around. Bottom line for me was I can't have...
Sorry, I don't have one. He started crowing so suddenly and so loudly, I was afraid my neighbors would complain so he was whisked off quickly to the aunt's farm.
I am a new chicken mama myself, so only can tell my recent experience. I bought four chicks, supposedly all female, one being a silver laced wyandotte. The others were a golden laced wyandotte, a colombian wyandotte, and a welsummer. Last week, at 17 weeks, the silver wyandotte made a...