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Thank you all for the warm welcomes.

I am going to post a few pics on the identification thread.

Loving all of the info on here to help me out. Especially loving the chick-vention thread. Some great ideads there.

Few months from now I hope be able to add my own ideas.

Thanks!!!
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hi from california and welcome aboard :) i bought some buff orpingtons 4 weeks ago, from the guy at this store in gilroy, ca.

i told him i wanted 1 boy and 4 girls. and he pointed out that this is a boy. NOTICE: no tail feathers

and that this is a girl, NOTICE : tail feathers

i posted this new information here on BYC and all i got was naysayers "quote" you can't sex a chicken by there feathers. etc...etc...i bought some rir's from the same guy and i have 1 roo and 4 hens to prove it. years ago i bought from the same guy and always got what i requested and honestly thought it was a non issue but apparently i was wrong. so in conclusion from my recent experiences, very young chicks can be sexed but it's best to keep it under your hat, cause even though you can sex them, no one will believe ya. sad but true
 
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Greetings all!

My name is Vicki. I am a brand spanking new owner of some chickens. By this I mean... First time I have even handled a chicken. Quite scary.. They are all giving me the eye.
After much disscussion with my husband about buying some chicks we took the plunge and purchased a few chickens. We decided we were not quite ready to handle chicks, so some older chickens would be a better choice for our first time.

We picked up our 'flock' from an Armish community auction. I was not aware of the vast amount of species they would be selling... Well to cut a long story short we purchased two boxes containing 9 chickens at a 25c each.

So now due to the speed and efficency of the auction and my inhability to keep up, we are now am the proud owners of at least 5 roosters.

I listed four of the roosters on my local Craiglist, hopefully it will not take long before some shows interest in them.

Much searching of the internet is still leaving me confused on the species I have left. The only ones that look alike are 3 of the roosters.
I am still browsing this website to see if I can find some that resemble what I have.

I know one of them is a Turken/Turkin that is as far as I have gotten.

Ultimatly my husband and I are after some egg laying hens. So after the rooster rehoming we will be looking for some Rhodes or Rocks.

Quick question... May have been covered before...

I had asked an old lady who had owned chickens most of her life about how to sex a chicken, here is what she told me.

To sex a chicken you hold it in the air... If feet tuck in it is a girl... Legs dangle it's a boy

Any truth to this?

Thanks for letting me rant!!
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I've used that method before.... Never kept track tho of whose feet dangled and whose tucked in tho, sorry. But it also said to hold it by its neck....
 
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from California! Post some pics and we can try to identify them for you. Also, if you have a local feed store I would give them a call to see if they will take the roosters for you, mine will take roosters and even give me five bucks lol.
 

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