13 week old birds

[fuzziecreatures]

I was reading the posts here in What breed or gender?, and someone was along about salmon favs. I thought with them you could sex by feather color. Then someone mentioned that could be darker colored girls... So, my birds are 13 weeks old. I got them from Meyer hatchery. No significant comb growth on any but 1 buckeye. Even that is quite flat compared to the ee crosses that have pea combs.

Here is one of the 4 salmon fav "boys"


Different "boy" - 13 weeks


Another "boy" - our little freak with yellow legs


I'd have better pictures but no one wanted a photo shoot today and I've got work to go to. I know most people are concerned they have more roos than girls, but I'm afraid I've got more girls than I can imagine. I've already moved 25 pullets. There are 23 more birds to sex.

 

[stephanie1992]

that looks like a girl to me, but it could be a boy, can u get a side shot? how old is it? Usually u can tell by there feathers but sometimes its hard if u get them from hatcherys. Where did u get urs?

 

[fuzziecreatures]

that looks like a girl to me, but it could be a boy, can u get a side shot? how old is it? Usually u can tell by there feathers but sometimes its hard if u get them from hatcherys. Where did u get urs?

My broody hatched boys that are 5 days younger than these already have a few pointed feathers on their backs and necks. Everyone I've checked does not.

 

[stephanie1992]

1st id say girl.
2nd could be boy, i see dark feathers coming in...
3rd- looks girl from the pic, cant really tell tho

 

[stephanie1992]

im actully going to say all girls at this point if they are pure Salmon Faverolls. heres a pic i found online of a male and female

 

[fuzziecreatures]

Not mixes, at least not supposed to be. They are from Meyer Hatchery. Hatchery stock can have some throwbacks.
All the pictures of birds I've seen on here, they have significant combs by 13 weeks, if they are boys.

 

[stephanie1992]

Not mixes, at least not supposed to be. They are from Meyer Hatchery. Hatchery stock can have some throwbacks.
All the pictures of birds I've seen on here, they have significant combs by 13 weeks, if they are boys.

ohh ok then i say girls. I dont see anything boyish about any of them yet. keep an eye on number two tho

 

[leadwolf1]

I don't see anything boyish about those birds...

 

[fuzziecreatures]

One of my girls, pic taken 1 month ago

 

[keesmom]

Those are all pullets. It's not unusual for hatchery girls to have some black on them.