Hen or Roo? or is it too early to tell?

[1876 Farm]

Yea for new layers!

I have a pullet hatched in mid June that started laying the day before solstice. Still waiting for her hatch mate.......

Excellent! How many chicks did you have hatch in June? How many were hens vs. roos?

 

[donrae]

That hatch I had two bantam cochin hens co-brooding 6 eggs. All 6 hatched, but one vanished. 3 roosters and 2 pullets from the remaining, so not too bad. The not-laying pullet from that hatch has always been smaller and slower to develop than the laying bird, but her comb is getting redder now so I'm hopeful!

 

[1876 Farm]

That hatch I had two bantam cochin hens co-brooding 6 eggs. All 6 hatched, but one vanished. 3 roosters and 2 pullets from the remaining, so not too bad. The not-laying pullet from that hatch has always been smaller and slower to develop than the laying bird, but her comb is getting redder now so I'm hopeful!

Nice, around 50% hens.... my hatch from the spring produced 6 chicks, 1 hen, 5 roosters and I saw the same thing with the hen being smaller and slower to develop.

 

[donrae]

I'm always happy with the 50%. The only other hatch I got in last year hatched Memorial Day weekend, and was also a 50/50 split. Course, I'd love to have all or mostly pullets, but I'd rather half than more roosters!

 

[oletymer]

Thank you for sharing your updates in the chick pics, I just hatched out some of my own chicks recently and started to learn how to feather sex them, I also found that if there are no tail feathers visible 1-2 days after hatching ur most likely looking at a roo too, love your little black hen,

 

[1876 Farm]

Thank you for sharing your updates in the chick pics, I just hatched out some of my own chicks recently and started to learn how to feather sex them, I also found that if there are no tail feathers visible 1-2 days after hatching ur most likely looking at a roo too, love your little black hen,

Thanks Oletymer,

What breeds did you hatch?,,,, any pictures you can share?

I'm looking to hatch out eggs this spring... I'm hoping I have a hen go broody, but if not I plan on placing eggs in the incubator early April.

 

[oletymer]

Thanks Oletymer,

What breeds did you hatch?,,,, any pictures you can share?

I'm looking to hatch out eggs this spring... I'm hoping I have a hen go broody, but if not I plan on placing eggs in the incubator early April.

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I feather sexed them and noticed if u can see a few tail feathers and the wing feathers say girl it a girl.
I have hatched out alot of chicks this past summer

 

[1876 Farm]

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They are adorable... What do you mean by feather sexed them? I posted pics of my chicks last year and some posts pointed out that lots of color in the wing means boy... so looking at the chick above - what characteristics tells you "girl". ?

Are these are mixed breeds?

 

[oletymer]

when there a day old if you look at the few feather starting on there wing, even is a boy uneven is girl

roo

 

[oletymer]

Here are some

new pics of the girls