Well I thought I had 3 roos in my mix of 11 chickies, but now I'm not sure. I definatly have a Golden Phoenix cockeral and thought I had 1 Black Australorp and 1 Red Sex Link cockeral but now I'm not sure on these other two. All these chickies are about 9 or 10 weeks old now and only my Phoenix is crowing. One of my Red Sex Links is White and has some black barring in his/her tail and body but it's comb is not what I would expect if it was a roo. Same with the comb on my Australorp that I thought was a roo.
So if my white chickie that I thought was a sex link roo is not a roo what could it be since it is white? (pretty sure it's not a leghorn)
So my question is can my Phoenix mate with these other hens that are standard size? If not I don't need to seperate my chickies as soon as I had planned come early spring so I'll have extra time to get my other coop built.
I plan on getting about 10 each of Orphingtons and EE's this spring and will get at least 1 roo for each of those breeds, and then I was planning on building another coop so my Phoenix' are in a coop by themselves. These 11 chickens will be laying/mating age by March and my Orphs & EE's won't be laying/mating age till about the end of August.
Does any of this make sense?
Jayare
So if my white chickie that I thought was a sex link roo is not a roo what could it be since it is white? (pretty sure it's not a leghorn)
So my question is can my Phoenix mate with these other hens that are standard size? If not I don't need to seperate my chickies as soon as I had planned come early spring so I'll have extra time to get my other coop built.
I plan on getting about 10 each of Orphingtons and EE's this spring and will get at least 1 roo for each of those breeds, and then I was planning on building another coop so my Phoenix' are in a coop by themselves. These 11 chickens will be laying/mating age by March and my Orphs & EE's won't be laying/mating age till about the end of August.
Does any of this make sense?
Jayare