Hello all, new chicken mama Cassie here. I ordered 11 pullets from MMH that are now almost a month old, so of course I am now playing the paranoid “pullet or cockerel??” game. I thought I’d introduce the ladies and see if any of you experienced eagle-eyes notice something I hadn’t, especially if...
Pretty sure I know the answer but always good to get another’s opinion. They’re almost 5 weeks old but have pretty prominent bright combs and wattles already coming in. One seems to be getting more tail feathers like my buff orpington ladies. One cockerel we can handle but two I’m sure will lead...
Okay before you say "they're too young to sex", I know they are. They're 14 and 19 days old. I'm making this post to share my guesses and predictions. I will update every week or so. I'll introduce the chicks as a reply to this thread.
Anyone is welcome to share their opinions and guesses on...
Ok I know she’s still really young (2.5 weeks), so not sure if this is even worth asking at this stage… but does anyone think this chick is a he? She’s a blue egg layer - either an EE or a WTB (not sure as I got some of each in my order and they all look different). But the three-rowed comb, the...
Hi, i got a cockerel and 2 pullets late fall 2021. Two weeks ago, incubator hatched 7 eggs w/ 5 surviving chicks.
Been scouring internet to help id likely breeds and poss sexing.
Father: Bantam Amercauna cross ( based on coloring, murr rather than wattle,red eyes)
Mother: 1of2 New Hampshire Red...
I have a silkie( black and red) and silkie mix (black with white speckles) that is 10-12 weeks. I think both are sadly a roos but I am holding out hope maybe at least one is a she. Also I have 2, 8 week silkies ( white and white splash) that are probably to young to tell but feel free to share...
Hello everyone!
I have had such a wonderful time raising these Icelandic chicks and I'm so excited to finally start to decipher who's a pullet and who's a cockerel. I've posted photos and my guesses below for each of them - if you think I'm off or you have a different opinion then please let...
Hey! First time with Dominiques. I have 2, both at 16 weeks, and one is started to look a bit cockerel. Hoping I'm wrong and it is a big beautiful girl. They both have identical feathering but the faces are... a bit different. Are these side things sign of a rooster? When they were little they...
Hello! So I have a SLW chick about 5 week old. It may be too young yet to know, but what do you guys think (any fun guesses on your expertise/experience). As I can only have 2 chickens, I am hoping it is a pullet. I got her from a feed store who got them from Ideal Poultry to keep this abandoned...
Hello! So I have 6½ week old chicks that I have hand raised as our broody bantam rejected them completely. I have 2 black Australorps, 1 Buff Orpington, and 1 Easter Egger (was sold as an Araucana but I'm fairly certain that's not the case)
All were bought at a local feed store and were marked...
This chick is 6 weeks old. I’m wondering about the feathers along the neck. Does that determine if it’s a rooster? Or do hens sometimes have pointed feathers there? Very sweet bird. No other male behavior or crowing (yet?)
I’ve posted before asking and the consensus has always been pullet but this one particular chicken is really making me wonder lol Her tail feathers seem awfully large compared to her sister 😆 She’s an 8 week old Easter Egger 🥰
I attached a picture of her sister for tail comparison. Maybe she’s...
I was sent picks of two pullets. 5 weeks old.
One blue Maran....... one splash olive egger.
Anyone have opinion ? Pullets or cockerels?
I know they are young.......
A little update from my last thread.
About a week ago, this little (silver laced wyandotte), the same little I inquired about a while back, started to turn red.
Of all 12 babies, Ducky is the only one with bright red comb/wattle areas. As far as the lack of actual comb, all 6 of my Wyandotte...
Nervous about this chick, because we just learned they will not allow roos in our area! We thought we got lucky because the brown on the wing came in first, but now she's starting to get dark... she also has very long wings and we read that was a pullet trait. I know Salmons have been coming out...
We have 4 Cochin chicks total, all 5 wks old, two mottled and a blue and a lavender. The blue is 100% a roo, biggest comb I’ve ever seen on a 5 wk old, and the lavender I suspect might be a roo too but has a significantly smaller comb than the blue. The 2 mottled (identical to the one in the...
This sapphire gem chick is between 2 and 3 weeks old, purchased as a pullet in a group from a local farm supply but I’m not so sure.
From what I understand about this breed, the hens are not supposed to have this type of barring on their feathers? None of the other chicks I’ve got have similar...
Harriet is 5 weeks old. 1 week younger than the other 3 chicks, really spunky, nosy, always stealing food...feisty but sweet, and from Rural King.
Is Harriet a Harold?