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[Leighe]

View attachment 1081180 View attachment 1081181 I bought these amberlinks last week and was told they were about 6 months old. They are what I would consider a bit small for 6 months but the guy said he doesn't feed to bulk them up. (I didn't say anything about them looking small for their age, he brought it up.) Then my husband was reading a comment somewhere on the forum about amberlink hens supposed to have darker spots/coloring on them, like the 2 here do. Younger amberlinks are pure white. When do the spots start showing up? The guy had told me to feed them layer pellets and they would start laying, that he didn't want eggs so was not feeding them that. (Yes, I feel a bit stupid now for believing that line, since I read that many people wait until the hens start laying eggs to feed them layer feed.) That is a 3-1/2 gallon waterer they are around, and that is a regular brick by the feeder for size comparison purposes. With Amberlinks at what point do they have their "adult" coloring? Do these look like they are about 6 months old? (I don't see him in this pic but there is a rooster among them. He is colored the same as they are.)

Amber whites and Amber stars were my first real chickens. (The first ones I ever had were Cornish X....TSC told me they were Rock Cornish hens). There is a difference but I couldn't tell you anything that I knew except that the Amber stars had the softest feathers I have ever felt on a chicken. I absolutely loved mine. I have one left out of 12 that I got 3 years ago. Hopefully someone on here can tell you the difference. I love, love your chickies! Oh! Almost forgot....I had pure white and some with light spotting and some with dark spotting.

 

[joydix]

Hi! New to this wgole chickie experience. Any guesses if these are all pullets. 3-4 week old Buff Orpingtons.

popcorn looks maybe kind of boyish....ruby more girl mostly basing on more tail at this point...i am a novice and not a breeder or anything...just a feeling. i would think if boys they would be pinker at 3-4 weeks tho...

 

[Leighe]

Hey well this is a helpful little corner! I've got gender related questions about my young chickens, myself.

We got a bunch of chicks from our local IFA. The store said all but their bantams were a 90% chance of being hens. When we brought them home, I looked up some ways to tell the gender at such a young age, and the most common seemed to be the wings. We checked all of our chicks' wings, and they all seemed to look like hen wings, so we just went with that.

Watching them grow, I've noticed that 2 in particular are starting to show some signs that might lead them to actually be roosters, despite having hen-like wings. I'm not so sure, so I was hoping for second opinions! They're both about 3 months old.
(Something to keep in mind is that, when they were chicks, they were pecked on by one of our older ones, and so their crests are scarred up, which might make it difficult. )

The first one is our barred plymouth rock named Mal:
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This one's such a sweetie who I never even considered would be a rooster, until I noticed the tail feathers were awfully thin (but rounded).


Next is Puff, our Easter Egger who I really want to be a hen for those super neat eggs!

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The tail feathers of this one are more thick and rounded, yet they're held and colored like a rooster, making me really question the gender. This one is also rather feisty, and likes to play fight with the other pullets (and pick on the bantams).

Even if they're roosters, we'll probably be able to keep them. I've heard of rooster collars which I'll most likely do, and we can find a way to separate them from the hens (we don't want to make more chicks). My biggest problem is that I want those Easter Egger eggs!

You won't need to separate from hens to not have chicks. As long as you pick up eggs daily and don't let a broody hen sit on them....you won't have chicks. You can always eat eggs of hens whether there are roosters or not. You just will have chicks if the eggs hae been fertilized by a rooster and a broody hen sits on the eggs for 21-23 days

 

[k8polo]

I'm new to chickens. Last year we got 5 "pullets" which turned out to be all roos. This year we tried again, so far we got one little bantam roo for sure, but I'm not sure about these Easter Eggers. Last year I totally thought I had some hens, so I don't have the eye for this quite yet.

They are about 2 months old now, four eggers in question, but I couldn't get good pictures of the fourth.

Thank you all so much for your help!!!

 

[BobletFarmBirds]

Looks like all hens @k8polo. Congrats!

 

[chicks are life]

All easter egger pullets

Non developed combs
No random red or ornate splotchy colors (ee males tend to Get this)
No curved beautiful iradesent flowing tail

 

[MartinsPoultry]

I know the gender of this lady just not breed. Any ideas? Some what of a squirrelly girl but once caught shes calm.

 

[k8polo]

Looks like all hens @k8polo. Congrats!

Thanks!

 

[k8polo]

All easter egger pullets

Non developed combs
No random red or ornate splotchy colors (ee males tend to Get this)
No curved beautiful iradesent flowing tail

Thanks!

 

[junebuggena]

I know the gender of this lady just not breed. Any ideas? Some what of a squirrelly girl but once caught shes calm.
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Easter Egger.