Dilemna - Boy or Girl?

[Mhardy62]

My RIR is now 21 weeks old and neither a crow nor an egg (that I know of anyway).

I was convinced he was a he, but I would have thought that I would have been awakened with the whole cock-a-doodle-doo by now.

 

[LRH97]

Kinda looks like a hen to me.

 

[foreverlearning]

Pullet. My RIR's didn't start laying until 9 and 10 months old. Now they lay 5-6 large to extra large brown eggs a week. Some breeds and birds themselves just take a little longer to start.

 

[Mhardy62]

Sounds like he is a she!! I have a couple of more pics - not sure if it makes a difference

 

[Mhardy62]

And these two are the youngest of my flock of 16. Born 13/14 January. One is a Sliver laced Wyandotte and the other a Barnevelder. Do not know sex of either, although I have my suspicions. If I end up with 2 Roos from these or my 2 RIRs, I have promised one to a friend (even though I am allowed to have up to 5 Roosters - one is enough for my little flock.)

I call these two TweedleDee and TweedleDum - I am sure they will get proper names ones their personalities and sex is determined.

 

[foreverlearning]

Those are still too young for me to tell, if no one can figure it out then give us a comb shot and a side shot in about a month or when they fully feather out.

 

[WalkingOnSunshine]

Your RIR is a pullet.

The other two...I'd lean towards the SLW being a boy, but they are both too young to really tell.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Your RIR is a pullet.

The other two...I'd lean towards the SLW being a boy, but they are both too young to really tell.

Agreed

 

[Mhardy62]

Good to know my RIR is actually a girl. I have two of them, but this one is darker and slighlty different shape to the feathers than the other - well at least I thought they were both RIRs. I have my suspicions that the little silver laced wyandotte is a roo, but we'll wait and see as it seems I was wrong about this one