Laurda1842
In the Brooder
Hello! I am new to the backyard poultry crew but have been using this site for SO MANY THINGS! We currently have a flock of 6. We have gotten 4 of the 6 from a local breeder and ordered them as pullets, as we live in the city where sadly roosters are not welcome. 3 of our originals are laying (praised be!), but of our most recent 3 (buff orpington, light brahma, barred rock), we just realized that our light brahma is indeed a rooster due to the tail. I am now getting paranoid that our Barred Plymouth Rock may be a rooster too due to the feathers in her tail. Her age is somewhat unknown, but we have had her for 6 weeks, and she was a little smaller than our 3 month old oprington when we first got her. My guess is she is 3-4 months. There has been no crowing, her feathering seems darker than roosters, and her feet do have the black splash if you will. We are planning to take the brahma back in a few weeks for an exchange, but if our barred is a rooster, I feel like it could lead to a bad scene, and we may need to take both back sooner. Any advice would be welcome! Also, any words of encouragement would be great! We had to already exchange one of our original buff orpingtons due to her being a rooster, so it would be a real blow to lose another two and have to introduce another two. I know this happens a lot of with sexing but it has been such a bummer! We though by reserving older pullets, it would be less likely to happen!