We recently got our second round of chickens, so it's time again for the age old question -- pullet or cockerel?
All are about two and a half months old (got them April 1 and April 7).
Easter Egger: Max
Easter Egger: Chloe
She's the one I'm worried about.
Australorp: Nilin...
First time chicken keeper here. I ordered a mixed flock of “females” from Myers hatchery. I have a few suspect males, however, this one is my most “concerning” one at the moment.
Hatch date April 24th 2023, just over 8 weeks old. Any guess on gender right now, or still too early to tell?
Hi everyone I have 4 hens and 5 12 week old pullets that I have been trying to integrate. I built a small box for the pullets to stay in while the older hens got used to them. Today I introduced them to each other and it went relatively well other than a few small squabbles. When it was night...
Any thoughts on these 9 BYM? They're around 5ish weeks.
I'm pretty sure I have three roos but I'd love to hear what others think.
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I am inserting pics here of two hatchmates. They were hatched on 4/19 and are from the same hen and same rooster. Mama is a White Leghorn and Daddy is an Ameraucana.
Fairly certain that the guy on the left with the hybrid walnut/pea comb is a definite ROO. He started showing roo...
I’m wanting to put my 9 week old silkies out in the coop with my two older hens (12 and 18m)
Should I just switch the two older ones to Grower feed until the babies are 18weeks ?
I will it harm their egg production/growth or will they be fine ?
I've had a pullet that hasn't been able to walk for the past week. I though this might've been a leg injury so I set her up in her own with some food and water.
Today I found another pullet with the same symptoms. Laying to the side and unable to get up. I tried picking her up but she always...
One of my chicks started sneezing at five days old and hasn't stopped. Sometimes it gets worse and she wheezes for a day but usually she is bright eyed and bushy tailed and she is growing like a weed. There is some clear liquid in the sneezes but no thick mucus and her eyes look great. I have...
These two are stumping me. I've read conflicting sexing info regarding hackle feather shape, wattles and combs and I'm questioning if they are both roos because of this or just one of them or neither. One has rounder hackle feathers and a flat comb area with a wattle and they are very pink...
On this one I'm almost positive she is a hen because I also have 2 silver laced that are the same age and both have combs starting and one has a wattle and she has neither. I'll be posting them next to get opinions on if they could be roosters. Since I'm sure one of the straight run I had...
I got Snickers with a batch of six other pullets from the local co-op a little over a month ago. They were a few days old at the time, so likely about 5 - 6 weeks old now. We've noticed that this one has a much more developed comb and waddles than the other girls do. The tail feathers are also...
Symptoms: My 7-week-old Salmon Faverolles pullet has has orange, runny poop for several weeks. I dismissed it as cecal poop but now see that it is always orange and runny, and sometimes foamy as well. Smells terrible, either same or worse than cecal poop. Possible vent gleet with dirty vent...
Two Easter egger chicks about six to seven weeks old. I am 99.9% positive the white one (Sider) is a roo. I’m not quite sure about the darker one (Peri.) she/ he is not developing a comb like Sider is, but the reddish/brown on the shoulders leads me to believe roo. Peri has always been the...
Trying to help a friend figure out the sex. Bird was bought as a straight run chick from a feed store. 12 week old Delaware. I’m leaning towards cockerel but that is still a small pink comb…
Hi everyone, we posted here about a month ago asking about sexes of our chickens that were labeled as production reds from TSC. They're about 1.5-2 months old now and would like your opinions again.
One is obviously a starlight green egger (below), which we believe is a pullet. Can anyone help...
I have my second round of chicks, and I’m suspecting that one of my EEs is a roo. They were all apparently sexed. But so was the last bunch, and one of my Orloffs ended up being a roo and I was able to figure it out relatively quickly.
Anyways! I have 1 buff Orpington and 2 EEs (one white and...
I have a 5 week old lavender orphington premium pullet from hatchery. The chick ia feathering out nicely, but this comb is having me question the validity of the sexing. Unfortunately my other lavender chick died early, so I have no comparison. Is anyone familiar with this breed to give me some...
We have several baby chicks available for local pick up (Central Illinois). Breeds and hatch dates listed below. Happy, healthy, and strong. Vaccinated against Marek's Disease.
Americauna pullet (hatched 5/7/2023) - $7
Plymouth Barred Rock pullet (hatched 5/7/2023) - $6
Americauna pullet...
Hello! I have my suspicions about this chicken, currently called Annabelle- do you think this is a cockerel or a pullet? The breed is BBS Orpington and the age is about 11 weeks old. Thank you!!