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  1. Frazzemrat1

    How reliable a gender indicator is redness of peacomb in Easter Eggers?

    Its ok if they're able to see them, I think... so long as their not right next to them. How far away are you saying? The barrier of the fence, if their right next to them, isn't enough for them to realize that they're not able to mate with them. They'll fight eachother over mating rights to...
  2. Frazzemrat1

    How reliable a gender indicator is redness of peacomb in Easter Eggers?

    Oh, its true. I've seen pics where hen's backs were naked because the guys had pulled out her feathers. A single rooster can do that with a favorite hen too. Do you have enough room to just separate the two cockerels and keep them together in their own pen with no females? At least until...
  3. Frazzemrat1

    How reliable a gender indicator is redness of peacomb in Easter Eggers?

    really, that depends on how many females you have and how the two cockerels are together. I have a flock right now with 6 hens (one is a pullet) and 3 cockerels. The cockerels are 21 weeks and the youngest female is 36 weeks. I can leave the cockerels with the flock for now. I'm planning on...
  4. Frazzemrat1

    How reliable a gender indicator is redness of peacomb in Easter Eggers?

    Those are both cockerels. They both have the rusty red wing bars, which is male exclusive. You can judge the redness of the comb on one, but both won't usually go red early. The more dominant of the two will get a red comb, but the subordinate won't. I have absolutely no doubt that those are...
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