Araucana hatchlings--now 7 weeks old, guesses at gender?

[kwinnypoo]

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[Toshi]

4,5, and 9 kind of look like boys the red in the comb..

The rest look like pullets to me.

 

[hdowden]

4 and 5 look like cockerels and possibly 9 and 10. repost pics when they reach 10 weeks

 

[kwinnypoo]

Will do! I only plan on keeping 1 of the roos, so if 5, and 9 are, it'll be a tough choice!

 

[Habibs Hens]

i say 3 4 9 roos

the tufted 5 looks liek a pullet unless the tufts mean roo

 

[kwinnypoo]

5 is the clean faced orange.

6 is tufted though. And no, tufts do not mean roo.

 

[coberdor]

10, 9, 8, 5 & 4 Look like Roos.

Here is the Araucana thread. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/288425/araucana-thread-anyone/6420

Those turned out really nice. I'm really glad you got so many tufts!

Sorry I didn't reply earlier. I'm a teacher, so the start of school is hectic. Plus, I've been through lots of tests (bone scans, x-rays, etc.) at my oncologists from chest pain that they originally thought was a pulled muscle. It turns out that I've had a broken rib that partially healed, then was reinjured. No sign of the BC reoccurring though! My ribs were made brittle from the radiation. They asked if I had fallen in the last year or so. I just laughed and asked which one. I ride horses and have dairy goats too, so it could have been when my horse fell on me coming out of the river up a muddy embankment, or when the goats upended me trying to get to the grain.

 

[kwinnypoo]

Hey there! Glad you finally made it here, I will be taking update photos of them soon... Though there are only 7 left as I sold 5... What I'm afraid of is 3-4 that I sold to that gal are roos according to you, and I feel terrible! I just picked the ones that had no tufts... :\ I think all but 1-2 of the birds left have tufts... One of the pullets is my favorite, she's so friendly, she likes to ride around on my arm or shoulder, and she climbs fences! LOL!