They're 7.5 weeks. I'm thinking roos bc of the size and color of their combs, as well as the eradic feather coloring on them. This is my first time hatching so I hope I'm wrong. That would mean I hatched 5 roos and 2 hens 🤦♀️
I posted the same query a couple of weeks ago and these are the last 4 that we are unsure of still. I was hoping since they are a bit bigger now, y'all could gimme your expert opinions once again. What do y'all think? Hens or Roos? They're a BYM with a Colombian EE daddy
Hello everyone! These beautiful babies are 4 weeks old. All mixed. Can anyone give your best try at sexing them for me? If you want to help us figure out the specific mix, The Rooster is a Columbian EE and the possible hens are
RIR
Brown Leghorn
Black sexlink
Lavender orpington
Cochin
Any and...
It's quite a bit bigger than the others, but like I said, they're all pretty much from different hens. There's 2 RIR babies in there for sure, but this is the only one with any red at all so far. I'm a major newbie, so can you elaborate on "male vibes"? Thanks so much for the input.
So your saying that these two could make an all black chick? We also hatched 3 all black ones, but we have a black sex link hen so I assumed they were hers.
The only reason I thought it could be the lavender orphingtons is bc there were for sure 2 RIR eggs that hatched and none of the other chicks look anything like this one.
If you're looking for big one, the Rooster we had to get rid of was a Lavender Orpington. No exaggeration, he was double the size of the EE rooster we have now. He was mean as could be though, but knowing what I know now, that's probably bc my mother in law handled him a ton.
This baby is 3.5 wks old. I know its early, but I'm dying to know if this is a pullet or cockerel. I can't compare it to the other hatchlings bc they all come from different hens. It is either a cross between a Colombian EE rooster x RIR or Lavender Orpington. Please chicken experts, tell me...
So, I'm your opinion, it's 2 roosters too many for a flock of only 12-13 hens? Someone else had mentioned to me not to handle the roosters too much bc that can lead to aggression...
Thanks for the info! That's great to know because we really like our Rooster Walter. The babies will be 4 wks on Monday and I have been spending ENTIRELY too much time googling how to figure out the genders lol. I'm afraid we have at least 3 roosters and I don't know if we will be able to keep...
We currently have 5 hens, 1 Rooster, and 7 baby chicks we just hatched. If we decide to hatch more, do we have to get a different rooster for the new hatchlings since they would be the first generation from our current rooster?
We currently have 5 hens, 1 Rooster, and 7 baby chicks we just hatched. If we decide to hatch more, do we have to get a different rooster for the new hatchlings since they would be the first generation from our current rooster?