Has anyone else ever gotten a rooster when buying pullets?

[lizzard14]

I bought 4 pullets and 2 straight run bantams the last week of march. I know the silver sebright is a rooster because he was trying to crow this morning. The other bantam is a black frizzle and I thought might be a rooster but the waddles are just barely pink, comb isn't red like the sebright, but she/he was calling the other birds like a rooster does when he has food. Now for the pullets, I bought 4 and 3 of them have just flesh colored combs and small waddles but one of them has a red comb and bright red waddles. Has anyone else ever gotten a rooster? I'm thinking they are black sex link chicks. Black with brown neck and head feathers.

 

[Antcohan]

Can you post pics.
I've only bought pullets 1 time all are 6 weeks old now and no roos!

 

[alexa009]

Yes, pictures would help. Although I have never gotten a roo when purchasing pullets I know a lot of people who have.

 

[Lifeiseasy]

When I first went to buy chickens there were all kinds of mistakes. Half my fault, half TSC/the hatchery. We wanted three BOs and three RIRs, all pullets, but neither us nor the TSC people knew the difference between the birds as chicks . We ended up with 6 RIRs and later learned one was a cockerel.

So, to answer your question, yes people have gotten cockerels when buying pullets. Pictures will help the people on here determine the genders of your chickens.

 

[Bonniebooboo]

Pictures would be helpful for sure. Answer to your question is Yes. I bought 4 leghorns, 1 is a roo for sure. I bought 4 EE's and sure 1 of them is a roo. all out of the pullet bins. Actually happens a lot. 2 different stores. I also hatched several Easter Eggers and have about 24 pullets and 23 cockerels out of that. Some I could tell easily by 3 weeks old, others not until 5 and 6 weeks old. I have had some EE's pretend to be girls until they were almost 9 weeks old, when they quickly turned red comb and started growing pointed saddle feathers, and/ or started growing the red on their wings. So far my pea comb EE's have been my most difficult to sex. Sex links are your best bet I think for knowing pullets early.

 

[lizzard14]

 

[lizzard14]

Sorry wasn't thinking about pics

 

[lizzard14]

Oh and the 1st and 3rd pics are the same chicken. The second is the one that is suppose to be a pullet. The last one I know is a rooster because he is trying to crow. lol. Do any of you know what kind the pullet is suppose to be? I put a black sex link because that is what he or she looks like from pic of the web. Thanks guys and girls Oh and do Ya'll think the black one is a frizzle? He/she is not very frizzly.

 

[lizzard14]

pics posted

 

[dunnmom]

Yes. I've gotten one roo from 13 pullets. It's been explained to me that there's a 10% margin for error when sexing chicks, so I expect 1 out of 10 to be male when I buy pullets.