any guesses on sex of these 2 royal palms

[jimmythechicken]

we have 2 royal palms i think we have a tom an a hen what do you think

the first head shot is of the bigger bird we think is a tom thanks jim

 

[Sir Birdaholic]

The big one does look Tom-ish, the other, hen.

 

[MrChicken207]

That's what I'd say. How old are they?

 

[chicks4kids]

I agree as well.........tom and hen!

 

[Lagerdogger]

I agree that you probably have a tom and a hen.

You also asked how old they were. The tom's caruncles and waddle are still relatively undeveloped, and the snood has not started to elongate. Some baselines that I have observed are losing the head feathers at about 6 weeks, and the snood starts to sprout on the toms around 10 weeks. Also, at about 10 weeks, the waddles seem to become large and flappy and the caruncles start to change more rapidly. I'd guess that yours are about 9 weeks, maybe 8 (I just realized how small they still were when I compared them to the guineas).

Silly me. I just realized that someone else was asking you how old they were. But for fun, are they 8 to 9 weeks?

 

[jimmythechicken]

i think the are right around 10 weeks they were started on chick starter so they do not grow as fast as a higher protien starter.thanks for all the help jim