Do I have 3 boys?

[BorbQueen]

I bought these at 3 weeks as a breeding set of 5 hens and one roo but now at 6 weeks I think I might have 3 roos and 3 hens. I think pink yellow and blue are boys.

 

[Nabiki]

Pink, yellow, and blue are male. Green is female. Orange and white are not feather sexable.

 

[Susan Skylark]

Green is your only feather sexable hen, white and orange aren’t feather sexable so could be either (watch for eggs or crowing), the rest are boys. 3 weeks is too early to feather sex, most still sport baby spots until 4 weeks (my whole first hatch was female for the first month and then became male overnight!). Can you talk to the breeder? Maybe they are new at this and it was an honest mistake?

 

[Nabiki]

FYI, if I sold those to you, I would have told you if I was uncertain of gender, and would offer to exchange the extra males for females. I guarantee that you get what you pay for. You should see if the person you bought these from will do the same.

 

[BorbQueen]

I appreciate that I am not too worried about the extra boys and I am sure it was a honest mistake. With my grow out and the eggs in the incubator I have no worries on starting my breeding group in due time. Do you think I should remove the obvious males so that that poor girl doesn't get beat up in the coming weeks?

 

[BorbQueen]

Orange and White what colors are those two? I know the other 4 are Pharoah

 

[Nabiki]

Orange and white look like grau fee to me. You definitely don't want three males together when there are any females around. It will get bloody fast, quite possibly lethal.

 

[BorbQueen]

Orange and white look like grau fee to me. You definitely don't want three males together when there are any females around. It will get bloody fast, quite possibly lethal.

I can always send them to freezer camp. I dont want her beat up! Would it be better to put her with the babies or even by her self?

 

[Nabiki]

She might well beat up on the babies. I wouldn't put a hen in with the babies that wasn't at least 18 months old, and then I'd watch her very, very carefully to make sure she wasn't aggressive with them. Quail can be violent little creatures.

Are there any signs of the gender on the other two? You can try separating all of them into individual pens for a couple days. If they're alone, the unidentified ones might start to crow if male.

 

[BorbQueen]

She might well beat up on the babies. I wouldn't put a hen in with the babies that wasn't at least 18 months old, and then I'd watch her very, very carefully to make sure she wasn't aggressive with them. Quail can be violent little creatures.

Are there any signs of the gender on the other two? You can try separating all of them into individual pens for a couple days. If they're alone, the unidentified ones might start to crow if male.

I could have swore i saw the piebald crow once but I wasn't 100% sure