Okay, my chicks are all 3 weeks old. I'm starting to be concerned that one of my delawares is a roo-let. The first picture is the suspect, the second is a picture of the suspect with the other same age delaware. The suspect chick is bigger, has thick legs and acts much bolder. The last picture is an Easter Egger that is also bigger and bolder than the rest, but I'm pretty sure it is too early to tell for this one.
any thoughts? I'll put up more pictures this weekend. they were 3 weeks old in this picture. The larger Delaware's legs/feet are a third bigger than the smaller one's!
Wow, that last one looks pretty big and the legs look thick as well. I don't know the Delaware breed, but I have Ameracauna's/EE's and I'd say that last one is a roo.
Quote:X2 on the EE roo. I've attached a pic of my 2 Del pullets for comparison. From my understanding(which is limited by the way) roo's will have a lot of smut on their backs pullets won't. These girls were 1 week in this picture 5 weeks here, and both girls have very minor spots around the neck area but otherwise super white with little black on the wings. I hope this might help some?
Okay, here are some updated pictures from 4 weeks. The first is the Delaware - pretty certain it is a boy, especially next to my "other pullet" Next is my larger EE. I think I'm starting to see some rust on the shoulders and I can see all 3 rows on "his" comb. Bigger and bolder than the rest. Two roos is fine since I got 8 chicks and I can only have 6 hens, but now I'm getting paranoid about my sussex. Could someone tell me what you think? Sussex 1 Sussex 2 Sussex 1 (left) and 2 (right)
bumping this up with the hope that someone can offer a gender guess on the 2 sussex. If they are boys, then I'll need to hunt around to replace them.
