2018 Newbie Chat!

[SummerLynn]

ooh great thread. hoping to read it in its entirety when i'm not exhausted lol

I'm new and i admit it. learning as I go

 

[SummerLynn]

ooh great thread. hoping to read it in its entirety when i'm not exhausted lol

I'm new and i admit it. learning as I go

 

[PNW_Peepers]

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What do you guys think?

How old? Notice the barring on it, is there more white barring, or black barring? Black is pullet, white is cockerel. Hope this helps.

 

[ghostsnare101]

How old? Notice the barring on it, is there more white barring, or black barring? Black is pullet, white is cockerel. Hope this helps.

More white for sure it’s lighter than the others but I just thought it was a different barring pattern. They are about 3-4 weeks old.

 

[PNW_Peepers]

More white for sure it’s lighter than the others but I just thought it was a different barring pattern. They are about 3-4 weeks old.

I’ll jump out on a limb and say it’s a cockerel then. Generally that color doesn’t start appearing on pullets until 8-10 weeks of age. Take a pic of the group and post though. My Barred Plymouth Rocks all have varying shades of black and white barring, but the black is always more dominant. That pink/red is a dead ringer for cockerel development that early on though.

 

[BBZZZZTT]

I'm new and i admit it. learning as I go

Aren't we all!

 

[BBZZZZTT]

Mine are 7 weeks old and so far no suspicious combs...
*Knock on wood*

 

[PNW_Peepers]

The big day is here. Moved my eight week olds onto the roosts at midnight with the 15 week olds.
Then at first light this morning we got them all in the run together. Well they didn’t mind sleeping together. It was rough, I thought numbers were on the eight week olds side, we have two pretty relentless bullies.
I did everything I’ve read online, made many distractions, gave the Little’s places to hide, multiple places to feed. I even left their old waterer for now so they don’t feel the need to compete.
I feel so bad for the Little’s, they just keep backing down and running away. Hopefully my bullies decide to just get along. So far no serious injuries or death (knocking on wood).

 

[LittleMissCountry]

View attachment 1322214 I think one of my barred rock “pullets” is actually a rooster with the way his comb is way more red and bigger than all the other barred rock chicks we have. What do you guys think?

No answer from me, as I am completely new to chickens, but one of my black sexlinked pullets has a much larger comb than the other three chicks, although it hasn't started turning red yet.

 

[ghostsnare101]

I’ll jump out on a limb and say it’s a cockerel then. Generally that color doesn’t start appearing on pullets until 8-10 weeks of age. Take a pic of the group and post though. My Barred Plymouth Rocks all have varying shades of black and white barring, but the black is always more dominant. That pink/red is a dead ringer for cockerel development that early on though.

I'll post a group photo tonight when I go out there again to check on them before bed. I also can't tell if one of my RIR chicks is a rooster or not. We thought he was when we picked him out and he had these white spots at the webbings of his wings. Now he's bigger than all the other RIR chicks so I'm pretty sure I ended up with two roosters when I only wanted one lol oops.