Gender ID help, please....UPDATE page 5

[Rozzie]

I could use your ideas on these three. There were 5 that I hatched in this batch.

The other two are totally & most definitely roosters. They are crowing like mad & have been separated from their hatchmates. (The five are all full or half siblings. Most are full siblings, I think.)

At least one of these three is female. It's either that or on of the roos prefers an alternate lifestyle.

They will be six weeks old tomorrow, Nov 11.

Bird 1

Bird 2

Bird 3

 

[katheria]

taking my best guess from the pics

#1 male
2 and 3: females....

2 and 3 do have some dots on feathers in chest area....

 

[Robo]

They all look like roosters, but sometimes things are not like the seem. I would put my money on nubmer 1 being a rooster, and number 2 looks like one. Number 3 is questionable. I think you have at least 2 roosters.

 

[Tony K T]

Look like all males to me.The hens have a salt and pepper breast pattern,while the males have a brownish tan color.
In N.H.,tony.

 

[Robo]

Sometimes hens can have rusty breast feathers. I would vent sex them.

 

[Rozzie]

No experience with vent sexing & not jumping up & down to learn yet.

Figure it's fun to get folks to try to guess & see if we are right! The others have been crowing for a week. Of course I've seen folks say they have some roos that don't crow til they are 9 weeks old & some that never crow. If worst comes to worst I'll know if no eggs appear...

 

[katheria]

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yep i have quite a few females that have rusty breast feathers.... about 10 of them

 

[JJMR794]

Nice Collection Of Boyz Ya Have There!

 

[Rozzie]

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Baaaaaaaah! That's what I'm afraid of. The other two that I didn't include have a lot less spotting. If all 3 of those are boys then 5 out of 5 were boys. That would truly suck...

 

[JJMR794]

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Baaaaaaaah! That's what I'm afraid of. The other two that I didn't include have a lot less spotting. If all 3 of those are boys then 5 out of 5 were boys. That would truly suck...

YOU MEAN I'M NOT THE ONLY 1 HATCHING EGGS WITH A ROOSTERBATOR?