22 week old "mystery" -- Sparring pullet or another cockerel?

[fluffycrow]

Thats funny, they usually crow pretty early lol. Or atleast try to.

Oriental gamefowl usually take longer. My first crowed at 6 months old, that's on the early side. My main breeding male crowed at 8

 

[Lardson]

Oriental gamefowl usually take longer. My first crowed at 6 months old, that's on the early side. My main breeding male crowed at 8

Interesting.

 

[TropicalChickies]

This is completely irrelevant but because I like gamefowl I have to ask. Do you have similarly built hens for them?

We have a mix of hens, a few "carriocas" or Turkens who could probably handle Lucio. But I would choose to keep Paco (the black and white fella) because he is actually quite compact. I've seen a lot of roosters around that look like him and they are not very large. And Paco is showing himself to be gentlemanly already. If the hen he courts with his dance rebuffs him, he backs off.

He's already chosen his favorite and escorts her around everywhere, digging up bugs for her, etc. So if I have to give one away, it will be Lucio

 

[fluffycrow]

We have a mix of hens, a few "carriocas" or Turkens who could probably handle Lucio. But I would choose to keep Paco (the black and white fella) because he is actually quite compact. I've seen a lot of roosters around that look like him and they are not very large. And Paco is showing himself to be gentlemanly already. If the hen he courts with his dance rebuffs him, he backs off.

He's already chosen his favorite and escorts her around everywhere, digging up bugs for her, etc. So if I have to give one away, it will be Lucio

Does his favorite look like him more than the others?

 

[TropicalChickies]

Oriental gamefowl usually take longer. My first crowed at 6 months old, that's on the early side. My main breeding male crowed at 8

Paco (the black and white fella) was crowing at 3.5 months. I thought that was early too

 

[fluffycrow]

Paco (the black and white fella) was crowing at 3.5 months. I thought that was early too

It is. But yours are mixed so it's normal that they have lost this trait. Plus it's highly dependent on conditions as well, so there are cases where they crow around the 4 month mark

 

[TropicalChickies]

Does his favorite look like him more than the others?

Nope. She is a petite short legged white hen called a "Patucha" -- common barnyard hen

 

[fluffycrow]

Nope. She is a petite short legged white hen called a "Patucha" -- common barnyard hen

Interesting. Chickens usually prefer to hang out with birds that look like them

 

[TropicalChickies]

It is. But yours are mixed so it's normal that they have lost this trait. Plus it's highly dependent on conditions as well, so there are cases where they crow around the 4 month mark

This is all very interesting, thank you. These are the first cockerels we've hatched here, so I'm learning a lot. We only hatched pullets before (dumb luck I guess)

 

[fluffycrow]

This is all very interesting, thank you. These are the first cockerels we've hatched here, so I'm learning a lot. We only hatched pullets before (dumb luck I guess)

You definitely got lucky. Oriental gamefowl are amazing birds