Gender guesses on 5 of my 7 pullets/roos?

[BigECarter]

I am not positive on the age of my chickens. I believe they are 16 weeks old. I purchased them as pullets, with one roo, they were approx 2 months old when I got them in mid-June. Breeder later said hatch date was May 8, but I suspect April 8. The breeder did the best he could but said that they might not be sexed correctly.

This is Rosie, a rhodebar. As a sex-link, I am confident that she is a pullet.



I have one roo. This is Adonis, Donny until he grows a tail. He is one of three Lavender Orpingtons. He was had a bare bottom when I got him, which has filled in. He had a red comb at 11 weeks when I got him and is much more muscular than any of the other birds.




(All three lavenders are in this picture. Donny in the middle, Aphrodite to the left, and Athena to the right.)

My two lavender pullets have the same size and body (to each other, completely different from Donny), but one has a much larger and redder comb/wattles. Athena, with the comb, and Aphrodite. Athena did not have a noticeable comb when I got her, but it has grown in the last couple of weeks.





Hannah is my Splash Orpington, English. She is very vocal - I suspect she is part goose.






round tail feathers, so pullet?

CeeNee, my gold-laced wyandotte:



And Snowflake, my silver laced wyandotte, who is a little larger than the GLW.




Thanks!

 

[Kelsie2290]

That is a really nice assorted flock, love the color range. If they are 12 weeks then your GLW and Athena would make me worry. To me, all the girls look like girls if they are 16 weeks, not seeing any saddle feathers etc, that some of them are just closer to laying than others would explain the red.

 

[Wyandottes7]

I am not positive on the age of my chickens. I believe they are 16 weeks old. I purchased them as pullets, with one roo, they were approx 2 months old when I got them in mid-June. Breeder later said hatch date was May 8, but I suspect April 8. The breeder did the best he could but said that they might not be sexed correctly.

This is Rosie, a rhodebar. As a sex-link, I am confident that she is a pullet.

Yes, I think you're right to say pullet on this one.

I have one roo. This is Adonis, Donny until he grows a tail. He is one of three Lavender Orpingtons. He was had a bare bottom when I got him, which has filled in. He had a red comb at 11 weeks when I got him and is much more muscular than any of the other birds.

Cockerel


(All three lavenders are in this picture. Donny in the middle, Aphrodite to the left, and Athena to the right.)

My two lavender pullets have the same size and body (to each other, completely different from Donny), but one has a much larger and redder comb/wattles. Athena, with the comb, and Aphrodite. Athena did not have a noticeable comb when I got her, but it has grown in the last couple of weeks.

Cockerel

Pullet

Hannah is my Splash Orpington, English. She is very vocal - I suspect she is part goose.

Pullet




round tail feathers, so pullet?

CeeNee, my gold-laced wyandotte:

I think pullet, by red wattles and comb are a bit concerning.

And Snowflake, my silver laced wyandotte, who is a little larger than the GLW.

I'm going to go with cockerel. She/he has a rather red comb, and some whiter patches on her wing shoulders. SLW roosters often develop those white patches.


Thanks!

 

[BigECarter]

Donny, the for sure cockerel, is struggling - gasping for air. I have ordered Oxine. If I lose him, it would be nice for one of the other pullets to be a roo. My losses have been very disheartening. If I wasn't a newbie, I'd be ok with losing some and keeping the robust ones. But, as a newbie, I wonder if there is something that I have done wrong.

The two for-sure pullets have been hanging out with the roo. They make for a cute trio. And sweet that they stay with him while he is sick.

 

[BigECarter]

The SLW's tail feathers are rounded, and her comb is much less red than the GLW's. I am going to stick with pullet until she lays an egg or starts crowing. Luckily, my 7-yr old gave her a gender neutral name, so Snowflake it is. (Chicken Chick posted pics of a handsome roo she used to have named Petunia, LOL.)

I am really surprised that Athena, the red combed lavender, might be a roo. He/she is identical in body as the for-sure lav pullet. The for-sure lav roo is all boy, no question there. But... Looking at Athena's tail feathers, I see no rounded feathers. Thinking she might be renamed Apollo.

Not sure what I will do with two roos, assuming Donny pulls through this respiratory illness. Breeder offered to exchange if he mis-sexed, but with all the losses I have had, I don't plan to ask him to exchange.

 

[Kelsie2290]

Sorry to hear that Donny is sick, do you know what is going on with him?
I still think your SLW is a girl and the GLW is a possible roo.
Athena has a lot of pink and a lot of comb for a girl that age, but not much for a roo, so s/he is either a fast maturing pullet (for an orp) or a slow maturing roo.
Well, if you are going to keep two roos, you simply need more hens, it's called chicken math.

 

[BigECarter]

Aspergillosis is my best guess. Athena is in really bad shape, can't stand. Donny is gasping and lethargic, but holding his own. Treating with Oxine.

 

[Kelsie2290]

Oh boy, am really sorry to hear that, if that is what you think it is, fyi, Revival Animal Health sells Ketoconazole non-RX as a fish drug.