Granny's gone and done it again

[Granny Hatchet]

have you put them on Craigslist? Or fb groups? It’s springtime and fair will be coming up.

No, I dont feel like messing with all that. My van is gone, I live too far to meet for one pr. People want 10 pictures of the same pr. then theres the no shows. Rather cull if I cant get them to swap.

 

[Watermelon123]

How is the word shag an inappropriate word ?

Without being TOO explicit, its a British slang term for making love...

 

[MrsMistyReal]

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Without being TOO explicit, its a British slang term for making love...

ohh , got it.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Wishing, you took forever.

 

[pertnear09]

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Okay, let's see if I can remember theses. Blue-footed booby, Turdus Maximus, Welcome Swallow, Common Shag, Great Tit, Tit-tyrant, White bellied go-away bird, Kaka bird, and Wood Cock. I forget the last one....

Sounds like a 12 yr old named them birds

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Sounds like a 12 yr old named them birds

Hi Pert . No, wasnt me that named them. LOL

 

[Watermelon123]

Sounds like a 12 yr old named them birds

I wouldn't doubt it. Who knows what goes through peoples' heads when they find a new species?

 

[campingshaws]

Camping, these are so confusing. My first impression is all 4 pullets... do the brooder babies all have similar combs?
A: maybe male barring? barest hint of wattles
The black bars are about the same width as the white. I think in male barring, the white is twice as wide as black, so for me, still think this is a pullet.

B. female barring, tiny pale wattle, short fat leg.
If one is different than the other 2, this one is it because of the slower feathering (still fuzzy on head, upper wing, and tail)

C. female barring, zero wattle, looks like a girl

so A, B, C- My guess is all 3 pullets. The only thing I don't know is how the feathers mature... does male barring show up as soon as they get barring? or will they go through one of those mini-molts and suddenly the male barring shows as the hormones kick in?
Also, I can't see their combs... so when I say these are guesses, yeah...

D. pullet

Look here for comparison. OP's first post, 2 birds at 13 wks, look like cockerels to me.
post #5 shows an obvious male in a group 16 wks old. Wish we could see a pic of the same group at 6 wks like yours.
Jun 28, 2012 #5

Wow, the male doesn’t even look the same breed. All the brooder babies have wide, flat combs. My experience has them all pegged as roos: slow feathering, wide pink combs, thick legs, stout bodies. But that could just be the breed, because they look to have pullet feathers. The coop baby should have another molt soon, so I guess we’ll see. From the few pics I’ve found, the males feather out lighter from the very start.

I selected for chicks with dark legs and the smallest headshots. The breeder looked at wing feathers in my buffs, but I think the one that died was the roo.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

I have seen 2 wood cocks here . I rescued one of them . I think the cat had a hold of it. Healed up and released but it left a soft spot . Gentle as all get out.