Help! Are we he's or she's???

[stretch]

Thanks, was hoping that lulu wasn't a roo, she's so nice & friendly. We got these eggs shipped to us from a lady in NC.
Thanks for all your help, I guess I'll just have to wait until they start squeeking!

 

[Judymae]

Lucy your golden campine looks like my golden campine girls! Just beware. Outta my 13 chickies~the 2 golden campines are the only ones to fly outta their 6ft run. It started when they were 7wks old!!!!!!!! I cut those flight feathers and haven't had a prob since!

 

[stretch]

Is there instruction somewhere on how to cut the flight feathers? She does fly pretty well already!

 

[Katelyn]

I also think the only girl is Lucy. The americana is close, but theres no denying the red.
Sorry, maybe you can order some more pullets.

Also on Lucys feet, was she hatched like that, or did something happen?

 

[Judymae]

To learn how to clip the flight feathers go to the top of this page and click on ~Learning Center~ Then click on ~How to Pages~ and follow that page down and you'll see the link for cutting the flight feathers. Good luck. It's easy!!!

 

[stretch]

Lucy was hatched with a curled under foot. By reading all the great advice here we were able to put a little cardboard shoe on her foot & tape her foot flat. It was really curled under to start, and we kept the shoe on for almost a week. Her toes were straight for a couple of days then curled a little bit. She gets around great & tries scratching. Sits on the roost quite well. She does compensate using her wings more, so I'm sure she's going to be quite a good flyer. We have had to trim the nail since it doesn't wear down naturally. We're only keep chickens for eggs, so we won't be breeding her.
I'm at peace with all the possible roos! Figure I can get more again in the spring!

Plus we have a great "replacement" home for the future roos in the group, lots of acreage for the to free range on!

 

[4-H chicken mom]

Happy Feet is definitely a rooster. My daughter honestly thinks that Lulu is a hen, even at 9 weeks if it was a rooster you would see the cape and saddle feathers starting to come in around the tail. Also, hens legs are normally darker when they are younger. The color on their legs fade after they start laying eggs.

 

[stretch]

Ok, they are all now 11 weeks old. No one else is starting to crow or even making the "birthday blower" squeek. Shouldn't they be by now? It's just so strange that my little roo I gave away started at 8 weeks, just an early bloomer? 1st timer here, so really don't know what to expect!

 

[Chickenlover88]

Here are my guesses
#1 Rooster (he has sickle and hackle feathers coming in)
#2 Happy feet i'm guessing rooster but it could go either way.
#3 hen
#4 Rooster
#5 rooster as you already know

Sorry to say but it looks like you might only have one hen.

 

[speckledhen]

stretch, my Ameraucana cockerel didn't utter a peep till he was over 14 weeks old, so it can be anytime. On the other hand, my Barred Rock cockerels usually crow by around five weeks old, LOL.