hens or roosters?

[junebuggena]

How old is Zelda?

 

[Starby]

Hatched March 30 so just over 10 weeks....

 

[junebuggena]

I think that's a cockerel. My avatar is a picture of two of my Australorps when they were 10 weeks old.

 

[Starby]

Are yours hens?

 

[junebuggena]

Yes they are girls.

 

[Devilsrejects]

I have a few I'm not sure about...ordered all females, never got a male before so I have no experience with how they develop. But, three of these are really making me wonder..


The barred is a free meal maker from Meyer hatchery so can only assume it is a barred rock, the white is a white rock, and the red is a RIR.

All are just days under six weeks when these pis were taken...

 

[junebuggena]

Those are all boys. The barred one looks like a male black sexlink.

 

[elissamay]

The New Hampshire Red, everyone that sees "her" says it's a rooster but I refuse to believe it!!

In your defense, my neighbor has a NHR or RIR hen that has a huge comb and wattles. I would swear she was a roo.

 

[detz]

In your defense, my neighbor has a NHR or RIR hen that has a huge comb and wattles. I would swear she was a roo.

Yeah, that makes me worried that I'm getting rid of a great hen. Is there any way to know fore sure before I hear the crowing? Any definite ways to tell besides guessing based off their features?

 

[Dianna1]

New here and new to chickens. My parents had chickens but I don't recall a big debate over sexing them only in not being pets. I've attached photos of my 10 chickens I'd really appreciate your thoughts if hens or roosters. While some are obvious chickens the one's I think ight be roosters I equally think they may not be. None of them act like roosters they are 18 weeks old now show no aggression, no crowing.










This last one I call Cagney and the weeker one I guess, they nearly pecked her bald. Because they actually pecked her so bad to the point she was bleeding andher back was open I made a chicken saddle from cloth screen so air could hit it andput a salve on it that included tea tree oil and no she is getting her feathers bak and eating regular, I think she is going to be ok though a super pet, she hangs around me not the chickens lol.