Breed & Gender Id On My 16 Wk "pullet"??

[xyresicchick]

maybe part barred holland or plymouth rock... but they have yellow legs.

so what you have probably IS a cuckoo marans pullet. they have "white" legs.

http://www.moorlandspoultry.co.uk/ximages/livestock/cuckoo-maran.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Cuckoo_Marans.jpg

 

[shell25]

Red&Yellow :

After looking at where you're from, I think I'm wrong about the sex-link...sorry.

Though I still think they are small....

oh right i didn't think my location would make a differnce, do you still think its a sex link? pullet or roo?​

 

[shell25]

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thats what mine look like so ill stick the the cuckoo maran, and when i get an egg i will know for sure, apparantly you can tell the breed by the egg, if i get an egg ill upload and if i get a crow 1st he will be gone.

 

[shell25]

Does anyone know why the comb leans slightly to one side?

 

[OlyChickenGuy]

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Are you afraid of aggression? I must say, it's an awful, awful myth that roosters are inherently aggressive or "mean". At the most in my small flock ( 28 was the largest number of chickens I had, I'm down to 16 ), I had seven roosters all at once - and they were all the sweetest, most docile creatures ever - even moreso than my hens! And quiet. It all has to do with how you treat them.

On the related issue, though - I've seen many gender abnormalities in my time. I have a Japanese that CLEARLY looks like a male, has crowed only twice in his life, but has tiny wattles and comb, only the slightest hint of spur buds, he's probably at LEAST seven months old, but he started making egg-cackle noises, and doing an egg-squat. Also, two of my male Rhode Island Red x Black Stars AND their Rhode Island father didn't start showing masculine traits until they were eight or nine months old! NONE started crowing before six months. I've even had one of my Old English Game bantams who is CLEARLY a pullet try to crow. Also, one of the OEGs sounds like a canary.

One way or another, I don't throw out a single chicken - then again, I have the time and patience to train them all, and make sure they're all sweet, docile, wonderful birds.

As for why the comb folds to the side - Three of my OEGs were males, and their combs would flop when they were depressed, but given a day or two of taking them outside, playing with them, and making sure they were active and happy, and the comb would be upright again. My Japanese's comb floped once when he was very sickly. Other than that, some breeds ( like Leghorns ) are specifically bred for a comb that flops to one side - usually only a desirable trait in females. More often than not, though, it's indicative of a health issue.

Also, as was stated before, if it's not a standard-bred barred Plymouth Rock ( very few breeds that are egg or meat production, or anything other than show ARE standard-bred ), then the leg colour might not be as much of a clue as you think. Still, the barring looks a little off for a barred Rock, so I won't advocate FOR barred Rock too much.

 

[shell25]

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Are you afraid of aggression? I must say, it's an awful, awful myth that roosters are inherently aggressive or "mean". At the most in my small flock ( 28 was the largest number of chickens I had, I'm down to 16 ), I had seven roosters all at once - and they were all the sweetest, most docile creatures ever - even moreso than my hens! And quiet. It all has to do with how you treat them.

On the related issue, though - I've seen many gender abnormalities in my time. I have a Japanese that CLEARLY looks like a male, has crowed only twice in his life, but has tiny wattles and comb, only the slightest hint of spur buds, he's probably at LEAST seven months old, but he started making egg-cackle noises, and doing an egg-squat. Also, two of my male Rhode Island Red x Black Stars AND their Rhode Island father didn't start showing masculine traits until they were eight or nine months old! NONE started crowing before six months. I've even had one of my Old English Game bantams who is CLEARLY a pullet try to crow. Also, one of the OEGs sounds like a canary.

One way or another, I don't throw out a single chicken - then again, I have the time and patience to train them all, and make sure they're all sweet, docile, wonderful birds.

As for why the comb folds to the side - Three of my OEGs were males, and their combs would flop when they were depressed, but given a day or two of taking them outside, playing with them, and making sure they were active and happy, and the comb would be upright again. My Japanese's comb floped once when he was very sickly. Other than that, some breeds ( like Leghorns ) are specifically bred for a comb that flops to one side - usually only a desirable trait in females. More often than not, though, it's indicative of a health issue.

Also, as was stated before, if it's not a standard-bred barred Plymouth Rock ( very few breeds that are egg or meat production, or anything other than show ARE standard-bred ), then the leg colour might not be as much of a clue as you think. Still, the barring looks a little off for a barred Rock, so I won't advocate FOR barred Rock too much.

Aggression no not really but with two small children that play in the garden where the chickens free range id sooner be safe than sorry, so if its a roo then he will be going back to where it was purchased we asked for 3 pullets, ive already had 1 turn roo and he went straight back to the seller, after 2 weeks of having him he stood out a mile that he was a roo, and that was when it was 12 week old. I cant see how it could be depressed it free rangers from 8am till dusk (around 4pm) the coop cleaned once a week and fresh water and food available all the time and its not showing any signs of illness it started to lean when it started to show which was only about 3 week ago up untill then it was really small and pale in colour. As for BR i was told that breed when i 1st got them but since doing some research i think it might be a cuckoo maran, it looks identical to one, but ive noticed it has the odd brown feather showing in a few places, what is your intake on the gender?