Anyone care to weigh in on my birds?

[J_Roth]

The reds and the Dominicker were born in early May and the two Americaunas in late July. Even though I paid extra at my local feed store to guarantee being hens I have two who crow. The red crows much lower and is quite a bit weaker than most roosters I've heard. The Americauna is quite loud even though it is still young. I've heard some dominant hens can crow but I've never seen it.

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[chickened]

Are you ready? your Dom has a straight comb, you got 2 red roos in pic#1 pic#3 is hen and roo. They look like fine birds.

 

[1hotmoma]

I agree. They are great looking birds.

 

[J_Roth]

That is pretty much what I figured. Thanks for the compliments. The bigger red is one of the sweetest chickens I've ever seen.

 

[teach1rusl]

Wow...any guarantees on sexing from where you bought them??? That's a high percentage of mistakes there...

 

[J_Roth]

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The feed store does guarantee their sex but that is only a money back. I guess I'll just eat the feed, time and energy involved. The worst part is telling my daughter we can't keep them.

 

[Terri O]

THe one you call a dom is a barred rock I believe...and maybe a hen. At least you can keep 2!

 

[J_Roth]

Could be a barred rock. Going off the feed store guy again.

 

[hdowden]

the dom looks to be a barred rock roo. the other red is a roo i cant really see the chicken in the background that well but it looks roo to

2nd pic is a roo

3rd pic is a roo and hen

 

[speckledhen]

You have a Barred Rock male, two red males and the last is a pair. Some country folks call anything with barring a "Dominecker", which always bugs the heck out of me, to tell the truth. Dominiques have rose combs and a different body type than Barred Plymouth Rocks.