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[gotenkslovesme]

Female, has she laid any eggs yet?

I'm not sure. This little one is in with 5 D'Anvers and a pheasant and I was lead to believe it was a male of some variety.

 

[sassysarah]

I'm hoping both these are pullets but one of them went toe to toe with my pug this morning (the pugs are trained to leave the chickens alone and I was right there so watched the whole thing) - the chick got all defensive and aggressively began guarding the others. Makes me a little nervous that what I thought was a she may be a he.

Pullets

 

[sassysarah]

Can anyone tell me anything about this ?

Brown leghorn hen

 

[KaylorFarms]

I'm not sure. This little one is in with 5 D'Anvers and a pheasant and I was lead to believe it was a male of some variety.

I'm gonna say Brown leghorn bantam female

 

[gotenkslovesme]

I'm gonna say Brown leghorn bantam female

Yeah looked them up and that's the same. Thank you for your help

 

[KaylorFarms]

Yeah looked them up and that's the same. Thank you for your help

You're welcome!

 

[debid]

So will they stay black as they mature?

Since there is some brown showing now, I'd expect brown in the adult plumage but yes, a mostly black chick becomes a mostly black chicken.

 

[krb]

I received 12 BR chicks from the hatchery, when they arrived I had 11 black chicks and one gray. Four weeks into this and the gray one is the only one that looks like a cockerel. He has the wide white strips and the 11 others wide black. Is it possible that out of the 12 straight run chicks that I received, I have 11 pullets? Do the cockerels always look gray when hatched? Any help would be appreciated.

 

[CoopintheWoods]

I don't know about the coloration, but it is VERY unlikely that you have 11 pullets. Think of it like this: 100 chicks hatch. 50 males and 50 females. More people order females, so let's say that 40 females are ordered. Let's also say that only 20 males were ordered. Let's say that you ordered the remaining 40 straight run chicks. In that straight run, there are 30 males, and only 10 females. It is very improbable that you have only one cockerel. Good Luck!

 

[Katerwoods]

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Yes please help! I have a chicken that I am not sure is a rooster or a hen. I order blue Favaucana a from My Pet chicken and order 1 rooster. Unfortunately the mail lady put them under a fan to keep them cool so all chicks died except 3 of the 15. my pet chicken was great about it and replaced my favacaunas with hens but the one that survived I can't tell if a rooster or not. I thought it was a hen but it is acting very aggressively towards the females. Chasing them and grabbing them an dplixking out feathers. They were all raised together, same age. They are about 4 months old now but not crowing but it looks different than the other favacaunas. I will try to post a pic. I am getting worried about the aggressiveness.