Hoping for Hens x4

[thecatumbrella]

I like your answer the best. Lol.

I was hoping you'd say they were 12+ weeks, because at 2 months, the others are right about the cockerels. I wouldn't wait to rehome, because like @redinator said, it might take some time to find someone.

 

[ByardK]

Good luck on giving them up. I have 10 Rhode Island Red cockerels (young roosters) that have been listed everywhere I can think of, for over a month, and I still have all 10.

Yikes!

 

[redinator]

I was hoping you'd say they were 12+ weeks, because at 2 months, the others are right about the cockerels. I wouldn't wait to rehome, because like @redinator said, it might take some time to find someone.

It seems to me the problem is, if someone is looking for a rooster, they want a rooster, not a cockerel.

 

[ByardK]

I was hoping you'd say they were 12+ weeks, because at 2 months, the others are right about the cockerels. I wouldn't wait to rehome, because like @redinator said, it might take some time to find someone.

Boo. They hatched mid April.

 

[thecatumbrella]

It seems to me the problem is, if someone is looking for a rooster, they want a rooster, not a cockerel.

That's a fair point.

 

[ByardK]

That's a fair point.

Interesting.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I agree with AinaWGSD.

That barred one is not a pullet? What breed do you think he is?

 

[JedJackson]

That barred one is not a pullet? What breed do you think he is?

The comb is large for the age and has color. I think it is an olive egger cockerel.

 

[MROO]

The comb is large for the age and has color. I think it is an olive egger cockerel.

My first thought was EE on that one, but with the barring, OE makes more sense.

 

[atomic]

I’m still quite new to chickens and please do not take what I say as fact, but I was told my Elvis (thus the name change) was definitely a cockerel when she was younger and she definitely is not. She just has some big beautiful, super red wattles and comb and did so as a youngster too. I was also told my chocolate Orpington was a cockerel and her comb and wattles honestly look the same as they did when she was 8 ish weeks old and she’s now five months. Keep in mind my Elvis I bought unidentified and I have no idea what kind of chicken she is, and perhaps her breed calls for prominent development early on. I’m keeping good vibes for you! And myself with my middle batch, as it appears four out of five are boys