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[junebuggena]

Do you think there mite be any sultan involved?

Maybe, there is really no way to be sure. They aren't as common as Silkies and Polish, though.

 

[Judysue3]

Breed? We picked these hens up at the feed store. Maybe Leghorns?

 

[JedJackson]

Breed? We picked these hens up at the feed store. Maybe Leghorns?

Yep, silver Leghorns. Very pretty birds.

 

[Alilmi77]

Newbie here... I was told I was buying 2 golden comets, 1 black sexlink and 1 BR. My understanding is, that the golden comets are sex linked; therefore guaranteed female. 1 of them has a red comb that is noticably larger than the others. All will be 7 weeks old tomorrow. Still a pullet, or a different breed/cross? Thanks!

 

[junebuggena]

Newbie here... I was told I was buying 2 golden comets, 1 black sexlink and 1 BR. My understanding is, that the golden comets are sex linked; therefore guaranteed female. 1 of them has a red comb that is noticably larger than the others. All will be 7 weeks old tomorrow. Still a pullet, or a different breed/cross? Thanks!View attachment 1134198 View attachment 1134199 View attachment 1134200 View attachment 1134201

Where did you get them from?

 

[Alilmi77]

Where did you get them from?

Standard Feed Company
(A local feed store)

Took hopefully a better picture today. Edit to add.

 

[Aspen Anderson]

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!

Thought I'd post an update.

They're both girls! The Dominique - which you thought was a cockerel - just laid her first egg Sunday! Woohoo!

 

[JudysMuscovy]

How old do they have to be before you can tell me what breed and male or female?

 

[JudysMuscovy]

And this one

 

[Crazy Mama]

I have these Leghorns, but they are huge for their age, at least I thought so. And I cannot tell the gender of them they all look like females and their 11 weeks old could someone help me with determining gender? They remind me of my Cornish xx