20 week?????

[tristancolli]

My girls(or we think girls) will be 20 weeks feb. 9th you would know if any are roos by now right? like they would already be crowing?

 

[HEChicken]

You should be able to tell by appearance by now for sure. The boys would have developed combs/wattles much sooner (by 4-5 weeks). They also would have developed long, curving tail feathers, and pointy hackle/saddle feathers. The saddle feathers start to curve down towards the ground in front of the tail. And yes, they would *probably* be crowing by now. I've heard of boys starting to try to crow as early as 2 weeks, but mine didn't start until 16-17 weeks, possibly because we have no roosters in the area that they could hear and get the idea from

 

[Happy Chooks]

Ummm, if that's your chicken in your avatar..............you have a rooster.

 

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