I can try to get one later. It does have 3 rows, but so do the lighter colored chick in the photo above.
The funny thing is that she is actually a bit smaller, and weighs less (I have a gram scale), than the lighter colored chick she's photoed next to! They were both hatched the same day.
Oh gosh. I am starting to think I have terrible luck.
Last year I got a small group of sexed as pullet chicks (7), and beat the odds by getting one rooster. I lost one chick.
This year I got two chicks-- one to replace the roo that I had to rehome (I just can't keep roos) and one to replace the one that passed away. Again, I bought them as sexed pullets.
I'm really worried that the darker chick is a cockerel. Though she has none of the other signs that my first roo did (no tree-trunk legs, no bare elbows, etc), her comb looks terribly pink to me, and I am scared of the reddish color on her wings. I haven't seen any photos of other people's birds quite like her so I am just hoping that she's just developing faster in the comb department... but I might just being over-optimistic!
I sure would appreciate your opinions.
Age in photos: Exactly 7 weeks
Purchased as sexed pullet from an individual, that got them from Cackle.
Here she was as a wee baby. Her baby down has always had a reddish hue.
Currently, at 7 weeks.
Panic Pants, the chick in question, is the one on the left. The other one is Willow and I am confident she is a beautiful pullet. I had accidentally startled them just before this photo.
Panic
You can see her feathers a bit better here. I keep checking her new pinfeathers on her neck and back to see if they are rounded (yes) or shiny/iridescent (no).
Her chest is overall warm amber/tan, and the new pinfeathers coming in are the same color (no black or reddish feathers).
Am I doomed?
Oh gosh. I am starting to think I have terrible luck.
Last year I got a small group of sexed as pullet chicks (7), and beat the odds by getting one rooster. I lost one chick.
This year I got two chicks-- one to replace the roo that I had to rehome (I just can't keep roos) and one to replace the one that passed away. Again, I bought them as sexed pullets.
I'm really worried that the darker chick is a cockerel. Though she has none of the other signs that my first roo did (no tree-trunk legs, no bare elbows, etc), her comb looks terribly pink to me, and I am scared of the reddish color on her wings. I haven't seen any photos of other people's birds quite like her so I am just hoping that she's just developing faster in the comb department... but I might just being over-optimistic!
I sure would appreciate your opinions.
Age in photos: Exactly 7 weeks
Purchased as sexed pullet from an individual, that got them from Cackle.
Here she was as a wee baby. Her baby down has always had a reddish hue.
Currently, at 7 weeks.
Panic Pants, the chick in question, is the one on the left. The other one is Willow and I am confident she is a beautiful pullet. I had accidentally startled them just before this photo.
Panic
You can see her feathers a bit better here. I keep checking her new pinfeathers on her neck and back to see if they are rounded (yes) or shiny/iridescent (no).
Her chest is overall warm amber/tan, and the new pinfeathers coming in are the same color (no black or reddish feathers).
Am I doomed?
Amelia is a ROO. No doubt in my mind at all. Girls just don't look like that. =(I'm confused.The three pictures were taken the same day. (S)he hasn't really changed at all in two weeks.
This is two weeks ago.
Well, I guess we will have to wait and see. I know people here are saying boy, but I've got other people telling me girl. Only time will tell for sure. Either way, (s)he is a beautiful bird.
Funny thing is - DONNA decided to crow this morning. No one thinks Donna is a roo. She is just confused, I guess.
Heh, I didn't even look at donna's pic. Now I had better go look!Funny thing is - DONNA decided to crow this morning. No one thinks Donna is a roo. She is just confused, I guess.
Heh, I didn't even look at donna's pic. Now I had better go look!
My EE/Americauna (not sure which, but he's all white and has blue legs, not green - his egg was marked W.Am, but you know how that goes) is JUST now starting to crow and he's almost 6 months old. It's a little squeak!
Here's a couple of pics of Donna - or is it Donald? Seriously - looks like a hen. No pointy saddle feathers at all. (S)he is mixed heritage. Not Easter Egger, but Marans, and I don't know what else. This one hatched from a very dark brown egg. I didn't even ask what people thought about gender, because we were so sure of its being a pullet. Guess we need to reconsider!
Quote: Well I would think the crowing is giving him a way. I think maybe he is crossed with a barred rock.... he has barring in his hackles and the yellow legs, both make me think BR is in that mix too.
I'm reall sorry but looks like a cockerel to me! Here's my cockerel Heritage who I recently had to give away!Oh gosh. I am starting to think I have terrible luck.
Last year I got a small group of sexed as pullet chicks (7), and beat the odds by getting one rooster. I lost one chick.
This year I got two chicks-- one to replace the roo that I had to rehome (I just can't keep roos) and one to replace the one that passed away. Again, I bought them as sexed pullets.
I'm really worried that the darker chick is a cockerel. Though she has none of the other signs that my first roo did (no tree-trunk legs, no bare elbows, etc), her comb looks terribly pink to me, and I am scared of the reddish color on her wings. I haven't seen any photos of other people's birds quite like her so I am just hoping that she's just developing faster in the comb department... but I might just being over-optimistic!
I sure would appreciate your opinions.
Age in photos: Exactly 7 weeks
Purchased as sexed pullet from an individual, that got them from Cackle.
Here she was as a wee baby. Her baby down has always had a reddish hue.
Currently, at 7 weeks.
Panic Pants, the chick in question, is the one on the left. The other one is Willow and I am confident she is a beautiful pullet. I had accidentally startled them just before this photo.
Panic
You can see her feathers a bit better here. I keep checking her new pinfeathers on her neck and back to see if they are rounded (yes) or shiny/iridescent (no).
Her chest is overall warm amber/tan, and the new pinfeathers coming in are the same color (no black or reddish feathers).
Am I doomed?
They look similar... But don't do anything yet! I'm not an expert this is just what I think! Here are a few pics....
I think it's a roo. 11 weeks, right? Too young for saddles really - I have 11 week old roos and they aren't even that red in the comb and haven't gotten their saddles in yet either. Part the feathers on the rear and see if you see any shinies coming in.
