Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

[satay]

Gees sorry to hear about those loosing birds I was away for a weekend and it seems like everyone had a real hard time lately.

Thanks Ben.

 

[satay]

Thanks Satay for the welcome.

I hope your girl shows up.

Thank you slipper

 

[my2wings]

@Teila Morning! My guess is roo... But I'm not very experienced... More a guess! I just remember my little girl pekins being a lot slower developing their comb & wattles than the boy... But since I only have one boy pekin, my comparison group is very small!!
Comb & wattles seem very developed for 8wks... That's all I'm basing my guess on. He/She is very beautiful tho... Lovely colouring

 

[satay]

Aaaw Satay, I am so sorry to read your sad news .. I hope you find her Sorry to hear you have been under the weather FancyChookLady. Once again, I need your help please? I ran this little one on a bit longer than the other obvious roosters in the hopes it was a pullet. I thought I heard a crow attempt on the weekend but I was half asleep and it could have been one of the many many birds we have around here. Yesterday morning when I was feeding them before work, still a bit dark and they were just waking up and I heard what can only be described as two 'croaks'. This morning, nothing, just straight out of bed and into the breakfast bowl followed by a scratch in the run. Personality-wise I am undecided but not seeing anything strikingly rooster. So, throwing it out there to you guys and gals, just on the pictures alone and at 8 weeks old; what do you think? What is your best guesstimate?

Thanks Teila

 

[my2wings]

@satay You must have been typing the same time as me... Just read ur post... Agree totally... Was going to try get a photo of my little girls tiny combs to post as a comparison!

 

[my2wings]

@satay Did ur missing girl come home last night?

 

[Teila]

At 8 weeks old ... that's a rooster. Pekin girls wont have that big a comb at 8 weeks.You are prob hearing practice crows. They sound so funny in pekins, My 5 months old ones had only tiny combs. I'll see if i can get a pic for you today of my young pair i bought recently so you can see the difference between boys and girls.

Thanks heaps Satay .. I would really appreciate some pics for comparison

 

[Teila]

@satay You must have been typing the same time as me... Just read ur post... Agree totally... Was going to try get a photo of my little girls tiny combs to post as a comparison!

Thank you my2wings, I appreciate your thoughts

 

[my2wings]

@Teila Ok... Just did a photography session with my girls for u to see the difference...

This girl is around 5mths...

And this girl around 6mths-ish...

 

[Teila]

@Teila Ok... Just did a photography session with my girls for u to see the difference...

This girl is around 5mths...


And this girl around 6mths-ish...

Thank you my2wings, again I really appreciate you taking the time to reply with images etc

Wow! OK, definitely not looking good for Tommy/Tammy at 8 weeks!

I already have the advert on Gumtree and was looking for confirmation of my suspicions I guess .. going to be very sad to see him go, he is a sweetheart.
No more hatching for me, having to part with the boys is too heart breaking and you have no idea where they are going to end up. I do not want to bring more unwanted roosters into the world. I will buy pullets from now on.

Thanks again