Swinneg
In the Brooder
- May 7, 2021
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So I have six chickens at the moment and I'm pretty sure I've got their genders down but there's one or two I'm a little nervous about.
First off we have mozzarella who's 10 weeks old, we think she's an easter egger pullet but her face has pinked up a little recently but still no comb development I think. Very sweet but top chicken since she's the oldest:
Number 2 and 3 are my little 8 week old Jubilee orpington twins, Brie and Gorgonzola. I'm thinking definite pullet since they have no combs and are all yellow and show no manly personality traits.:
4 is little Camembert who is a cream legbar, also 8 weeks and a sweetie pie and pretty sure a pullet.:
5 is baby Gouda who is the youngest at 7? weeks. She is very small and a silver laced wyandotte. Not sure about this kid honestly, she developed tiny pink wattles at around 4 weeks old but they haven't really grown like Fetas have or my other two rooster accidents and she still has no rose comb development that I can see. She's also at the bottom of the pecking order and doesn't have any rooster behavior. Also she's very flighty and this was the best pic I could get:
Finally we have big boy Feta! He is an 8 week old lavender orpington sweetie. Bought as a pullet but larger than his buddies of the same age and obviously not a lady at this point. He will stand tall and proud and watch over his flock while they peck around in the run and give me a stink eye when I come over to say hi. He's also still a bit scraggly even though his brooder buds are out of the teen phase and beautiful. His giant comb and wattles are still fairly pink but huge enough that I'd say definite cockerel:
Let me know what you think and thanks for reading!
First off we have mozzarella who's 10 weeks old, we think she's an easter egger pullet but her face has pinked up a little recently but still no comb development I think. Very sweet but top chicken since she's the oldest:
Number 2 and 3 are my little 8 week old Jubilee orpington twins, Brie and Gorgonzola. I'm thinking definite pullet since they have no combs and are all yellow and show no manly personality traits.:
4 is little Camembert who is a cream legbar, also 8 weeks and a sweetie pie and pretty sure a pullet.:
5 is baby Gouda who is the youngest at 7? weeks. She is very small and a silver laced wyandotte. Not sure about this kid honestly, she developed tiny pink wattles at around 4 weeks old but they haven't really grown like Fetas have or my other two rooster accidents and she still has no rose comb development that I can see. She's also at the bottom of the pecking order and doesn't have any rooster behavior. Also she's very flighty and this was the best pic I could get:
Finally we have big boy Feta! He is an 8 week old lavender orpington sweetie. Bought as a pullet but larger than his buddies of the same age and obviously not a lady at this point. He will stand tall and proud and watch over his flock while they peck around in the run and give me a stink eye when I come over to say hi. He's also still a bit scraggly even though his brooder buds are out of the teen phase and beautiful. His giant comb and wattles are still fairly pink but huge enough that I'd say definite cockerel:
Let me know what you think and thanks for reading!
Love the cheese names!
