Any Roos here?

Laura78

Songster
10 Years
Feb 24, 2009
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Snohomish County, WA
I know it may be too soon to tell, but is there any chance I have a roo? They are all suppose to be pullets. BTW, they're about 4 1/2 weeks old in the pictures. Sorry about how some are hard to see, the chicks wouldn't work with me, lol.

#1 EE
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#2 Australorp
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#3 EE
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#4 EE
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#5 BO
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#6 EE
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#7 EE
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#8 Austalorp
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#9 BR
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#10 BR
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#11 RIR
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Alright, first, it is almost impossible to even guess without really good face shots and not easy then at this age. That said, here goes.
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Every single EE I have ever seen colored like #1, #3, and #6 has been female. That may mean NOTHING, but I think it does....I am guessing they are girls. Your Barred Rock looks like a girl, too, based on coloring. #4 looks like your best roo potential, but that means really nothing....it could be a precious little pullet!!
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Can't even imagine #7 being male, but again, this is just really a guess and going on "feel". That is really all the input I have. Good luck, they are adorable!!!
 
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Thank you. I don't think #4 is a roo, cause that one hardly has a comb at all. I'm really hoping none are roos, lol. I think I do have a Polish roo though. I got two 4 day old Polish from a BYC member and showed them to a friend and he agrees that one looks to be a roo, it's larger, has thicker legs, and a bump on the beak near the head.
 
Since #4 is an EE, it should have a pea comb. You can tell more by width that actual height of the comb. Same for all the pea combs.
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Girls will have a narrow litte row of "peas" and boys will have...umm 3 rows I think it is. Anyway, it will be a wider comb. I hope they are all girls for you!!!

I have a Polish I am stressing over, myself. However, we aren't getting anything of a comb yet and she is 5 weeks old now. The Polish are supposed to have a "V" comb (at least that is what I was told) which should start coming in as little horns. I have 5 La Fleche (another V comb breed) the same age and the only boy has two distincitive little "horns" now. the girls don't.
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So far, they all look like pullets to me.

I've also heard that the EEs with 3 row pea combs are males, but there are exceptions to that.

Here's photos of my EE hen and her 3 row pea comb:

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How soon do the 'horns' start on the Polish? Cause that might be what I'm seeing on the one Polish. I'll be so happy if I've got a future roo in one of them.
 

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