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B I figured as much with the polish being roo. Although the one with the larger head puff has less of a waddle, still long saddle feathers it seems. Everyone is about 3 months. Whole flock hatches within a few days of each other

Thank you Donrae, Hermit house and aart for the guess on the sex and culling/meat bird information. All great info! I am happy you agree with me that they are probably pullet!

thank you everyone for the support and links to the awesome threads! Very kind of you all. I tried to take the best pics I could w my phone of the culprits. I didn't get very good one of the lighter ones face but I got decent saddle feather pics. Sex ID guesses are appreciated. Also could...

Totally get it and you are not a hypocrite! :D I used to be a vegetarian I would have never dreamed of doing in my own chickens. Everyone's different on how they handle things and in this case it seems there is no wrong way.

Thank you teila. I honestly will be able to do it and not let it upset me too bad. Of course it will bum me out a bit, but I do understand chickens are a food source to be eaten as well and I know if I eat them I am already contributing to taking chicky lives. Still it is definitely more...

Okay that is a good idea. Honestly that is just a guess from a newbie chicken owner, the gender of the two with the behavioral issues. I'll take a nice pic and post it tomorrow of the two and post it. I will try to sell them or just give them away to someone who will hopefully use them as a...

Hello backyardchickeners. I'm at three months with my new chicken flock. I bought several candy corn Polish chicken eggs off ebay. Out of those hatchlings two are beautiful polish with (used to have) nice puffs. Two others that hatched are large, darker colored and looks more like "normal"...