Cockerels or pullets?

[Omarrah]

Cockerels or pullets on these Leghorns? They were all supposed to be pullets. All purchased together and were all the same age and size. 2/6 have the larger combs and waddles, 4/6 are much larger now than the other two. These are my first chickens. All are approximately 2 months old.

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC. Birds with larger combs are cockerels. The bad news is that they are not leghorns. They appear to be Cornish cross meat birds - that would explain the rapid growth and size. The smaller birds may be leghorns. Can you post pictures of them ?

 

[DobieLover]

View attachment 1788215 View attachment 1788218 View attachment 1788220 Cockerels or pullets on these Leghorns? They were all supposed to be pullets. All purchased together and were all the same age and size. 2/6 have the larger combs and waddles, 4/6 are much larger now than the other two. These are my first chickens. All are approximately 2 months old.

I see one leghorn at the back of the second picture.
The rest look like cornish crosses.
Where did you get these birds?

 

[Omarrah]

We bought all of the white ones from Tractor Supply. All were in the same cage and were all supposed to be Leghorns.

 

[DobieLover]

We bought all of the white ones from Tractor Supply. All were in the same cage and were all supposed to be Leghorns.

Unfortunately, the employees at TSC rarely know a thing about chicks other than they are fuzzy. Cornish X chicks and white leghorn chicks are both yellow. The Cornish X are always sold as straight run, hence the cockerels you have. Someone at the store has obviously mixed the two breeds in the same bin.
Now the question is, what are you going to do with your meat birds?

 

[Trux]

TSC strikes again!

 

[Omarrah]

These are the smaller two. I suppose we’ll eat them. ‍ How old should they be to process them?

 

[DobieLover]

The two smaller ones look like white leghorn pullets.
Cornish X birds are processed between 8 and 10 weeks. What have you been feeding them?

 

[Omarrah]

The two smaller ones look like white leghorn pullets.
Cornish X birds are processed between 8 and 10 weeks. What have you been feeding them?

We’ve been feeding them the chick granules from TSC.