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ChickenLady1313

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Hi, my name is Fiona & I've had layer hens for 5 years. We recently acquired what I thought were pullets.. (1 broiler Cornish & 2 reds). Everything is screaming to me this 13 week old is a rooster. Im just looking for confirmation from my fellow chicken keepers please :)
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DobieLover said:
Hello Fiona, and welcome to BYC! :frow Glad you joined.
Yes. He's a cockerel.
Did you just get one meat bird to see if you could process it on your own?
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Hi, thank you for your reply. We live in France and my request from the poultry lady got lost in translation! We got 2 white & 2 reds from her, we've processed 1 Cornish already and the next this week. One of the reds is identical to my other red layers, but this one is very different! I've suspected a cockerel for a while, but this week Im convinced :)
 
ChickenGurl13 said:
Hi, thank you for your reply. We live in France and my request from the poultry lady got lost in translation! We got 2 white & 2 reds from her, we've processed 1 Cornish already and the next this week. One of the reds is identical to my other red layers, but this one is very different! I've suspected a cockerel for a while, but this week Im convinced :)
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All the long, pointed saddle feathers in the circled area are the easy tell. They are male specific. Females will always have shorter, fat, rounded saddle feathers.
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How did the processing go? Was it your first time? I've always wanted to raise meat birds but haven't for a variety of reasons. Processing is the main one.
 

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