Breda Fowl thread

[maryellen21]

One more

 

[maryellen21]

Ok,Sylvester017, I am thinking the more white one is a female and the rest are male, but there is one smaller one that looks femalish,so I'm on the fence on that one.
The 2 bigger ones I think are males.

But, I have 4 black hens outside and one hen is huge compared to her other 3 sisters, so I'm not sure on the 2 bigger chicks. I'm hoping at least one chick is a male. I'm going to keep whatever males there are anyway, since they are so rare. I'm hoping that growing up together they will get along. So now I technally have 8 bredas. 4 hens outside, 4 chicks inside. I'm hoping to hatch some more bredas once the male chicks start breeding with the hens. Everyone will go in their own coop once the chicks are 3 months old.

 

[maryellen21]

So the bigger beak and nostrils =male?if that's the case 2 should be male then, the more white one female, and the other darker one female

 

[maryellen21]

1 hopeful female and 3 males

 

[RFR of CA]

Are they from Dutch Connection? I got my first Cuckoos and Mottleds from her as well. I'm getting better at sexing them after so many but it is really hard until they start to feather out. The roos most often have a much more upright stance, and their waddles are much more red even early, but I have had both very masculine hens, and very feminine roos make a liar out of me! If they are pure Dutch Connection, you might want to diversify the gene pool by adding black which fortunately is not too hard to find. I bred solid blacks from my Cuckoo line and from my GFF Blue line when I started and I now have a much healthier group. See a few of my foundation studs below. They are actually splits...the last one is Spike. He is pure DC and a split. See him as a chick--loved the mohawk

 

[maryellen21]

My 4 adult hens are from Dutch Connection, I had a mottled roo from her that bred my 4 black hens, these babies are from the eggs my hens laid. (I had to return the roo as he literally crowed from 330am till 530 pm and one neighbor complained)so I'm hoping one of these chicks are a male, which I think I might have 2 males maybe 3. I have a large hen that towers over the other 3 hens so I'll have to wait to see what these chicks are in a few more months maybe, but two definitely stand taller

 

[maryellen21]

These are my 4 black hens and the roo

 

[Sylvester017]

So the bigger beak and nostrils =male?if that's the case 2 should be male then, the more white one female, and the other darker one female

1 hopeful female and 3 males

So, those are going to be YOUR guesses! I've been told that size doesn't seem to matter with chicks. It's more about the color of the face (or comb if a chicken breed has one) and how fast the face colors as to whether they are male or female and that the cockerels are slower to develop tails. By 3 or 4 months the cockerels will start showing saddle feathers but the tail feathers will still be sparse while the females usually have nice teepee shaped tails by that age.

These pullet juveniles had nice teepee shaped tails







This beautiful Blue cockerel juvenile had sad tail feathers but his saddle feathers were growing in nicely and his hackle feathers were pretty and dark

 

[Sylvester017]

So the bigger beak and nostrils =male?if that's the case 2 should be male then, the more white one female, and the other darker one female

Oh, I was kidding about the nostrils -- size isn't an indicator of sex at that young age. The lighter pink face that stays lighter pink is usually a female regardless of nostrils. The boys start reddening a lot sooner than the girls but the girls will have nice tails a lot sooner than the boys.

 

[rooster 2011]

has anyone ever crossed a mottled Breda to a splash Breda iv always wondered what that would look like ?