any advice on sex- the old owner and I are puzzled

[jnine]

Hi all,

I have a little rhode island red hen which I raised with another bird from a couple of weeks old. We could tell the he other was a definate rooster about four weeks ago so we gave him away as we are not allowed to keep them. I bought another chook to keep the rhode island red company. Now, the lady I bought it from is not sure if it is also a rooster! They are both around 19 weeks old (give or take a week or so).

Does anyone have any ideas? There are no hackle feathers, but the tail on the sussex cross has a very slight green tinge and a very red comb and wattle is forming. There are very tiny bumps where spurs would form, but nothing obvious. Neither are laying (which of course would be an obvious giveaway!) - I'm hoping they start soon...!

Any advice/ideas would be very much appreciated...

 

[enola]

hen

 

[jqs birds]

?I say pullets one columbian Wyandotte and a rhode island red

 

[BantyRooster]

Yep..Both are pullets.

 

[Galaxiedriver]

"any advice on sex- the old owner and I are puzzled"

I got a chuckle out of this thread title.

 

[Lensters]

The hackle feathers are pretty round, I don't see any saddle feathers, the tail feathers don't look "roo'ish" and pullets have the little spur stubs that never turn into anything. I would guess pullet.

Oh, and as for your statement in the subject, you'll need to talk to your jr. high health teacher.

 

[jnine]

Thanks everyone, and thanks for hanging s*it on me (a term for taking the mickey here is australia) - I deserved that!

Oh and I also think it could actually be a columbian wyandotte after reading up on them - mine has very yellow legs

 

[Happy Chooks]

I agree, pullet.

 

[jeslewmazer]

yeah I agree they look like pullets

 

[kcsunshine]

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