11 New Chicks! What are we?

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

We bought 11 new baby chicks from the local feed store.

I did a lot of research and waited until they had Wyandottes. I have never owned chickens before so this is all new to us. I think they are all pullets, but I am not sure... We were told it was a straight run, but all the chickens look EXACTLY the same. How likely is it that we got 11 females? They are 17 weeks old now- nice, beautiful, huge, and friendly- but no eggs, no crowing, no spurs... and I can't tell if there are any saddle feathers. All have the same size wattle and comb that developed at the same time- which makes me think they are all the same sex... I'm just not sure... I thought by this age it would be obvious!!! Ha!

Baby pic for cuteness factor- 1 week old.

Them now-

Head Shots-

The one with the longest tail-

 

[LindseyM12]

ALL PULLETS!

 

[speckledhen]

Silver Laced Wyandotte pullets

 

[drumstick diva]

Wow - you dun good!!! Congratulations - boy did they grow up beautifully.

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

Yay!!! Thank you! They are so friendly and beautiful to boot! When should I expect eggs?

Now- where to get a male.... hmmm

 

[SilverPhoenix]

What beautiful silver laced wyandotte girls!

My silver laced wyandotte Snowtip was a total sweetheart--I hope your girls are as well!

 

[Mahonri]

Not straight run. Lucky you!!

 

[chicnfarmer]

you should not have any trouble finding a nice rooster for those girls.

 

[evonne]

if in a few more weeks you want to come down to the vegas area, i may have an extra roo....lol...
i have 8 and i need to do a count and see whosawhat... lol...
and i know i have some straight coms, with your girls having such nise .. are they rose? combs, you'll want to make sure you get a good boy with matching comb...

if you're interested, you can also get a RIR or NHR roo and you'll get cinnamon queen babies... the boys hatch yellow down and the girls hatch buff/red down... http://www.cacklehatchery.com/cinnamonpage.html

that's why i got my SLW....

with as many girls as you got, you could even split them, get one SLW roo and one RIR roo....

grats on your beautiful girls....

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

Those cinnamons sure are neat! Let me know when you know who is what and how many you want to get rid of... I actually have a trip up that way planned... maybe we could meet somewhere.

And yes all my girls have rose combs.

Thanks!