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Are you saying my hen is a roo? I paid extra money to have them sexed. I personally don't think she is a roo, her comb looks just as light and small as all my other hens.
I am only saying so because her/his feathers are very light suggesting cockerel. pullet's feathers are darker.
you may have gotten dominiques if you ordered them. if from a hatchery they are liable of having single combs like a barred rock, because they are hatchery stock. they are for production and sometimes they come with single combs from a hatchery. but she will be a good layer though!
Your birds are two different breeds. The one on the left has yellow legs and a straight comb, which is indicative of a Barred Rock. The right bird has white legs and a straight comb, which is indicative of a Cuckoo Marans (though she's very dark even for a cuckoo).
Your birds are two different breeds. The one on the left has yellow legs and a straight comb, which is indicative of a Barred Rock. The right bird has white legs and a straight comb, which is indicative of a Cuckoo Marans (though she's very dark even for a cuckoo).
Hope that helps!
Thank you. I got them at the Stock Shop and they came out of the locked bin of Cuckoo Marans. No Barred Rocks that day. Maybe wherever they got the girls, Phoebe maybe got in the wrong box.
At least I can tell the two girls apart by their legs. When Phoebe was 2 days old, she did have white legs. No matter what she is, she is still very much wanted here. She and the rest of her 9 different breed "sisters' are part of the family.