Do you spot any roos?

[binza1979]

Here are this spring's batch of babies. They are quite the mixed flock. Do you spot any roos? I have a brown leghorn that really has me questioning gender.





And here they are out in the big coop for the first time. They survived!

 

[binza1979]

Oh, I forgot to mention that they are about 4.5 weeks old.

 

[Pele]

Holy guacamole, that big of a comb at 4 weeks? Definitely a roo.

 

[Sphinx]

Yeah, that one with a HUGE comb is definitely a boy.

 

[Leavingegypt]

Gotta be a boy! I also love the chicken rockin' the mohawk- very impressive.

 

[akcountrygrrl]

Yep, the brown Leghorn (at least that's what I'm assuming he is) is definitely a cockerel (based on comb size and coloration). It wouldn't surprise me if the silver laced Polish is a cockerel too. His crest is very spiky and wild compared to the lovely round pom poms of your white crested blue Polish and mottle Houdan pullets.

 

[binza1979]

I was really hoping that the brown leghorn was a pullet, but looks like Sally will be renamed Conrad. My 3 year old is obsessed with Cat in the Hat, so we have Thing One, Thing Two, Cat, and Sally (now Conrad). I also suspect that Taloola (the laced polish) is a roo, but I don't care. The crested were straight run, so I knew I was taking my chances there.