Anyway to tell on two week olds??

[DreadheadMom]

I can take some photos if necessary. They are "mixed reds" from TSC. Some have longer tail feathers and those I think might be Roos because they come up in a tiny curve. If that doesn't mean anything in particular are there any other distinguishing characteristics that I could look for at this age? They are 2 weeks and 2 days.

 

[lmcgirr]

I have pics up of mine. I also got them from TSC in the mixed bin and have no idea what they are. Do these look like yours?

 

[Kim_1970]

I am not sure what my TSC mixed reds are either...

 

[lotsofchickies]

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OK, I'm totally new to this, but on this photo, the first one the left and the third are Golden Comets and they are pullets. They look just like my 5 I've had for four days. The others, I am not sure. HTH!

The rest may also be...it may be the lighting that makes me not be able to tell, but again, I'm new.

 

[snowflake]

there should be a thread on BYC on how to tell if you have hen or roo, one method was to hold them below the head, if the feet dangle down you have a hen, if they kick and try to scratch you have a roo, I have been practicing at TSC it is kind of fun, it does have to be done early on 1 or 2 weeks I think.

 

[DreadheadMom]

I did try this the second day I got them, it was about 50/50 lol. Some tried to get free and some just looked at me like "okay now what?". I guess its all just a wait and see situation.

Oh well, They are all pretty awesome. I LOVE watching them play "bugball" (foot ball with a bug) They tackle each other and steal the bug and run all in circles. Hilarious!!

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[DreadheadMom]

Your dark ones look much darker than mine. Are they older? Maybe mine dont have as many feathers yet.
I really need to take some pics.


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[lmcgirr]

They said they were two weeks old. I just noticed that one of the reds has a purplish/reddish beak, the other two reds have yellow beaks, I wonder what the difference is? They have really grown and this morning when I checked in on them one of the yellow ones had flown to the top of the brooder and was sitting there.