Confusing EE/Did I end up with all boys!?

[ShrekDawg]

Oh and they are 7 1/2 weeks old now. Will be 8 weeks on Friday.

 

[HuffleClaw]

The one Welsummer is your only girl.

 

[ShrekDawg]

The one Welsummer is your only girl.

The buff looks like a boy too? The only boy traits I see on it so far are the comb but some of my other chicks have had big combs at that age too

 

[ShrekDawg]

Finally moved the chicks outside today and I really think you guys were right when you said I only have one or two girls. I do still think the buff is a girl though?? But the EE and Lav I think are definite boys now.

Also don’t worry about the first pic. They were literally in there like two seconds while I carried them outside and they were too scared to move at first even though they easily could have. I made them right after though haha

The big girls didn’t seem interested at all.

One of the cockerels was google eying the red buoy and almost crowed at it. wish I could have gotten a better picture of his wild eyes haha

 

[sourland]

The one Welsummer is your only girl.

This. Sorry Kelsey.

 

[ShrekDawg]

This. Sorry Kelsey.

Thanks Sour. It’s okay, I knew the risk when I hatched, but it just sucks cause I wanted to keep all the girls and now I have like none.

It will be hard to integrate just one chick so I may just sell them all. Or maybe keep a cockerel and the pullet.

And just for curiosity's sake/so I can learn, what makes you guys say the buff is a boy? Isn’t it comb a little bit pale for 8 weeks old? It looks slightly paler in person. And I thought it’s tail looked different than the Lav Orp? But maybe it should not be pink at all at this age? And the neck feathers are looking a bit questionable/pointy perhaps??? I can totally see now that the Lav is a boy but am having a bit of trouble seeing it on the Buff. Maybe just disbelief and wishful thinking lol

The EE is definitely showing the classic patchy red everywhere and of course that cockerel stance in the 6th pic.

 

[ShrekDawg]

The Barred Rock was killed I really liked him

 

[Rooapalooza]

The Barred Rock was killed I really liked him

Oh no, I'm sorry! What happened? The good news is that he was a boy, he got a longer life than he would have more other places, and you don't know if he would have grown up mean.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Oh no, I'm sorry! What happened? The good news is that he was a boy, he got a longer life than he would have more other places, and you don't know if he would have grown up mean.

I think a hawk got him cause my mom saw one out there this morning. Found him dead in the back corner. Feel like an idiot for not making sure the pen was more secure. the top is but the hawk got him on the ground I think. Or else was scavenging. But I think he got spooked and ran into the corner instead of the coop and then couldn’t get away cause it’s pretty tight. I feel so stupid and mean. I will be fully securing the rest when I get home but have temporarily fixed it for now.

And that’s true but he was the first one to hatch and friendly and I was thinking of keeping him.

He would let me pick him up and settle into my lap for pets/cuddles but wasn’t overtly friendly or disrespectful or anything and still ran from me when I got near him but once I had him he seemed to like the attention. He was one of my favorites and the only one named.

 

[chrissynemetz]

Oh no, I'm so sorry! It's always our favorite ones. Don't blame yourself, these things happen.