Confirmation these are Cockerels 11.5 wks

[C Siena]

The coop is Full and time for confirmed cockerels to have a new home. I have someone who will take them Thur evening, so I want to confirm before I let them go.

Both A & B had noticeable combs by 4 wks. B looks like he might be from an ISA hen, A unsure but we have Buckeyes (hens & roo) and RIR (hen & roo) and Cinnamon Q and more.

The first pic is at 11.5 wks
The other 3 pics are at 9 wks

 

[Jener8or]

Yep! A & B can go.

 

[C Siena]

Yep! A & B can go.

Thanks for your response again today. I don't want to make a mistake and let go of a possible pullet. I thought both of them were cockerels since they were about 3-4 wks, due to comb.

 

[BoundlessLove]

Yep! A & B can go.

X2

 

[SnackMeat]

I honestly to God though B had the most amazing tail and was wondering if this was some odd game fowl mix. No, it was just another chicken photo bombing in the 2nd picture.

 

[Jener8or]

Thanks for your response again today. I don't want to make a mistake and let go of a possible pullet. I thought both of them were cockerels since they were about 3-4 wks, due to comb.

Can't hurt checking! Sometimes it seems your own chickens can be harder to gender anyways. Congrats on your new Friend Badge!

 

[ShrekDawg]

Definitely both cockerels

 

[C Siena]

I honestly to God though B had the most amazing tail and was wondering if this was some odd game fowl mix. No, it was just another chicken photo bombing in the 2nd picture.

That is what I believe to be an ISA type pullet, but it would make an amazing tail for the cockerel.

 

[SnackMeat]

Thanks for your response again today. I don't want to make a mistake and let go of a possible pullet. I thought both of them were cockerels since they were about 3-4 wks, due to comb.

Question:

Are they culling the cockerels? Because, while quarantine is a pain, can you ask them that when, inevitably, another Cockerel shows himself, that if any hens from the first patch become apparent, you can swap back?


I just culled three cockerels. I believe two had crowed and one's physical characteristics were even more upright and obvious than the crowing ones.

Come to find out, the one who looked the most like a rooster didn't have any testes

I went through her torso and offal several times, and even one of the cockerels who had tiny testes (think a small oval the size of two long grains of rice side by side), they were still obvious.


Gravy was kind of aloof so she wouldn't have been an automatic save, but she was pretty so I would have saved her for a little while and waited for more cockerels to crow.


However, now my husband doesn't get to say which ones are roosters and can be culled until they crow. Sorry, Gravy.

 

[C Siena]

Question:

Are they culling the cockerels? Because, while quarantine is a pain, can you ask them that when, inevitably, another Cockerel shows himself, that if any hens from the first patch become apparent, you can swap back?


I just culled three cockerels. I believe two had crowed and one's physical characteristics were even more upright and obvious than the crowing ones.

Come to find out, the one who looked the most like a rooster didn't have any testes

I went through her torso and offal several times, and even one of the cockerels who had tiny testes (think a small oval the size of two long grains of rice side by side), they were still obvious.


Gravy was kind of aloof so she wouldn't have been an automatic save, but she was pretty so I would have saved her for a little while and waited for more cockerels to crow.


However, now my husband doesn't get to say which ones are roosters and can be culled until they crow. Sorry, Gravy.

It's a local Amish community and they will try to sell them next week at a community sale open to the public. If, they sell them, they'll give me a gift. If not, they'll feed them another couple of weeks then cull.

The second coop is Full, especially as they are growing by leaps and bounds. Being too crowded is not good for the flock dynamics.

We have 3 probably cockerels from 15 hatched 4/13 and 1 from a group hatched 3/19. Letting 4 go, will definitely give more space, especially the 15 wk old, who is noticeably larger than the other pullets.