briannajustine
Chirping
- Sep 17, 2021
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Hi all,
I did post a few weeks ago but would love to know any opinions/ideas on sex now that my chicks are older as the suspense is killing me! They’re almost 6 weeks now. I know they’re probably too young to tell still but I’ve seen people make pretty accurate guesses around this age so thought I’d see! we unfortunately lost a chick last week who I was thinking was a pullet and I’m getting worried we may have all roosters now
Chick one: olive egger. This one I’m thinking is a rooster more and more every day. Comb grew a few weeks ago and is very inquisitive, much more then the others and is the only one that will come up to me when I open the cafe. Always seems to be fighting with the boss chick and looks different to the others when running around.
Chick 2: Araucana. Biggest and bossiest of the chicks and has been for a while, definitely top of the pecking order however often gets challenged by the black one. In the last two days started developing a bit of a comb but it looks thinner then the black ones but is still a pea comb. Not friendly like the black one either
chick 3: Araucana. Has had loooong legs since hatch and looks different to the other Araucana in body shape. Had a bit of a comb around 3 weeks however it hasn’t changed at all since then and hasn’t gotten pink. Very timid and often gets picked on by the other two and is constantly trying to huddle under them. Was the biggest for a long time but now is quite a bit smaller then the other two
I did post a few weeks ago but would love to know any opinions/ideas on sex now that my chicks are older as the suspense is killing me! They’re almost 6 weeks now. I know they’re probably too young to tell still but I’ve seen people make pretty accurate guesses around this age so thought I’d see! we unfortunately lost a chick last week who I was thinking was a pullet and I’m getting worried we may have all roosters now
Chick one: olive egger. This one I’m thinking is a rooster more and more every day. Comb grew a few weeks ago and is very inquisitive, much more then the others and is the only one that will come up to me when I open the cafe. Always seems to be fighting with the boss chick and looks different to the others when running around.
Chick 2: Araucana. Biggest and bossiest of the chicks and has been for a while, definitely top of the pecking order however often gets challenged by the black one. In the last two days started developing a bit of a comb but it looks thinner then the black ones but is still a pea comb. Not friendly like the black one either
it sucks cause my absolute favourite one passed away suddenly last week and I was pretty sure she would be a pullet! Hopefully we can keep one roo depending on its behaviour (probably would be the black one as it’s the prettiest and has always been our other favourite) but that will only be if we get at least one pullet!! I’ll be devastated if I have to rehome all 3 
). Am thinking/hoping our other Araucana is a pullet as she is still looking like one, but was hoping to get some opinions as I know araucanas are notoriously hard to sex. She hasn’t changed too much other then getting bigger, and feathers are still round. She occasionally fights the boys but overall is still more timid. There are some pics of her next to my little Araucana roo for reference, he very much looks and acts like a roo with all his big boy feathers growing in and she looks dramatically different. Really hoping she’s female 
