I think maybe their spikes just haven't fully come in yet. The WC black Polish now has a glossy black tail feather that shines green in the light, I just noticed it today. My black EE rooster has those same shiny feathers now too!
I caught the black EE trying to mount one of the older pullets over and over. He was also doing this ridiculous dance. I guess he's...erm...locked and loaded and ready to go...
What age should I expect an EE to crow or lay eggs?
I'll try to get a full body picture of them tomorrow. It's so cold and nasty out, hard to take pictures...especially with a busy chicken loving toddler in tow! She wants to hold, hug, and kiss the birds while I take pictures of them.
Bad news for the black EE. Today I saw a new tail feather...
I have my fingers crossed that the black EE just has a big comb, or maybe it will be an amazing quiet rooster.
I also thought the first Polish, the white crested black, was a hen until those red wattles popped up. My other polish hens never had wattles like that, and they were almost to the...
The white crested black polish doesn't have much of a comb going on, just a tiny bit of red and not forked. The gray one (blue?) has a bit of horns growing, which I think is the forked comb. I thought the wc black was a pullet until those red wattles showed up this week! I had Polish pullets...
My chicks hatched on November 24...so that makes them around 8 weeks old? I need to check a calendar. I ordered all pullets, but I think two of my six are roosters. One is huge and brown with a red comb. This black EE is full bodied but not huge...the only roo sign I can find is this...