Gender and Breed Questions - Straight Run (lots of pics)

[4countrykids]

Thanks again - I was thrown by #24 because there is so little white on her - I didn't think she was a Barred Rock at all. I'm still mystified by the reds. I have 3 types of reds, and all have wattles. Any way that early maturing pullets could have some wattle development at 2 months?

 

[jossanne]

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I was just thinking of one other way to tell a white jersey giant from a white orp, from the very beginning. White orps start out yellow, whereas white giants start out gray - mine was nearly black.

 

[4countrykids]

I'm still mystified by the reds. I have 3 types of reds, and all have wattles. Any way that early maturing pullets could have some wattle development at 2 months?

Any answer to that yet?​

 

[jossanne]

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Any answer to that yet?

I just found an 8wk picture of some of my RI Reds from McMurray. Here ya go, to compare to your birds:

 

[ArizonaDesertChicks]

....and here's an old picture of mine at 8 weeks - notice the lack of wattles and the small combs - even the leghorns had small combs at 8 weeks.

edited to add a closeup of the leghorns & production red:

 

[4countrykids]

Thank you both! That's exactly what I needed.