Hens or roos??

[Mandied]

Okay I know I have ask this. But I have read that roos have bigger feet and white on their belly and their feet are bigger if they are roosters. These are our newer girls and they are 6 weeks.

 

[HappyClucker7]

Chest color and foot size won't tell you anything. You have to look at the comb and wattle size and color. It's a bit hard to tell from the photos, as I can't always see the face, but they seem to all be girls.

 

[alwaystj9]

Foot/leg size is usually by comparison to it's nestmates- if one of your young birds has noticeably heavier/thicker feet & legs than the others, look for other roo characteristics. I have never heard of the chest color thing.

 

[Mandied]

Chest color and foot size won't tell you anything. You have to look at the comb and wattle size and color. It's a bit hard to tell from the photos, as I can't always see the face, but they seem to all be girls.

Okay, i have read so many different things. Not sure what is right. There is only 2 of them that's combs are little big but they aren't red.

 

[Mandied]

Okay, i have read so many different things. Not sure what is right. There is only 2 of them that's combs are little big but they aren't red.

Their combs are the biggest of the 4 none of their waddled are real big.

 

[Sussex19]

What breed are they?

 

[Mandied]

What breed are they?

They are suppose to be isa browns

 

[Mandied]

Foot/leg size is usually by comparison to it's nestmates- if one of your young birds has noticeably heavier/thicker feet & legs than the others, look for other roo characteristics. I have never heard of the chest color thing.

Okay thank you

 

[Sussex19]

They are suppose to be isa browns

OK, thats what I thought they looked like. If that is the case, then they are all are 100% pullets.
Isa browns are sex linked, so if they were cockerels they would be mostly white.

 

[Mandied]

OK, thats what I thought they looked like. If that is the case, then they are all are 100% pullets.
Isa browns are sex linked, so if they were cockerels they would be mostly white.

Okay thank you. I have been very nervous since we got them because i was afraid we would have to rehome some do to them being roosters. We had to rehome 3 from our first 6 we got back in July.