11wk old Buff Orpingtons; Hen or Roos??

[BlessedChaosHomestead]

Could I get some help sexing these?

11wk old TSC Pullet Buff Orpington brood.

 

[nuthatched]

2,3,5 are dudes.

 

[WIchickMama]

2, 3 and 5 look like cockerels to me, the rest are pullets

 

[BlessedChaosHomestead]

2,3,5 are dudes.

So you’re telling me out of a 90% pullet batch that half of mine we grabbed were roos?!?!?

 

[nuthatched]

So you’re telling me out of a 90% pullet batch that half of mine we grabbed were roos?!?!?

Yup, sorry. If you got them from a feed store, and if they got them from Hoovers. Hoovers is well known for poor paperwork and sending straight run batches as sexed pullets. If you want garentees, you need buy directly from a hatchery so if you get cockerels, they'll refund you.

 

[BlessedChaosHomestead]

Yup, sorry. If you got them from a feed store, and if they got them from Hoovers. Hoovers is well known for poor paperwork and sending straight run batches as sexed pullets. If you want garentees, you need buy directly from a hatchery so if you get cockerels, they'll refund you.

Wow! I had no idea.
Yes, my local Tractor Supply uses Hoover. Actually so does my local Co-op too. And I got the rest from them. (excluding my 2 Rouen ducks & they were from Rural king who uses Hoover.)

 

[CatLoverLu]

#2,#3,#5 are all cockerals

 

[nuthatched]

Wow! I had no idea.
Yes, my local Tractor Supply uses Hoover. Actually so does my local Co-op too. And I got the rest from them. (excluding my 2 Rouen ducks & they were from Rural king who uses Hoover.)

Hoovers is probably the the least reliable in the industry, your co-op might want to switch to a better hatchery. (McMurray, cackle, mt.healthy, ideal are a few)

 

[Iluveggers]

Definitely a straight run batch.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

1. Pullet
2. Cockerel
3. cockerel
4. pullet
5. cockerel
6. pullet