Do these look like meat birds?

[SteveH]

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Thank you! What is a 'pea-comb'?

Pea combs should idealy be close to the head and have three rows of bumps that look like little peas . Many modern meat birds have lost the pea comb from their Cornish ancesters and have a fairly well developed single like a Plymouth , smaller than the lopped over single of a mature Leghorn hen or upright on the Leghorn roo .
ETA Oooops ......... sorry Illia and everybody , it was already answered .

 

[SunnyDayz]

Thank you all for the info! I hope you are right that they are not meat birds. We will watch them closely and see what they grow into.

I wonder at what age (if indeed they are leghorns) we would be able to determine sex?? If I am correct, don't females and males have large red combs?

 

[BirchHatchery]

leghorns

 

[blefky]

They look just like my leghorn chick.

 

[silkiechicken]

Look like 2 week old leghorns. Boys will start getting red combs in about 2 more weeks if they are boys. If they are white rocks, likly boys will get red in the next 4 weeks.

 

[Firemenlovechicks]

I have 36 Cornish X that are about 6 weeks old, and they are in the 5-6 pound range........... So NO!!!! I would say that they are probably not meat birds..........

 

[SunnyDayz]

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2 weeks?? These are at least 5 weeks old right now. None of them have red combs. They are all orangish yellow. I'm hoping for ladies, but not so sure.

 

[SunnyDayz]

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Wow! Okay I feel better now, lol. Mine are scrawny things compared...

 

[ChikeeMomma]

Definitely not meat birds at 5 weeks. My cornish are that age and are completely feathered out and huge! They waddle! I think they are probably leghorns, too. And are younger than 5 weeks -- my pullets of the same age are completely feathered out also.