I need help figuring out what I have

[Sarah088]

I got 6 straight run sexlinks a week before Easter and I have no clue how many hens and how many roos I have. Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[Clucking_Crazy]

1,2,3, & 5 look like Easter Eggers to me- not sex links.

 

[JedJackson]

They aren't sex links. The first three and number five are Easter eggers, the other two are probably productions reds. How old are they? From what I can see, all but #4 look like cockerels. But need a comb picture on #3 to give a good guess on that one.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

I agree with @JedJackson
You were duped... and ended up with mostly boys.
If they were actually sex links, you can tell the boys from the girls at hatch.

 

[JedJackson]

I agree with @JedJackson
You were duped... and ended up with mostly boys.
If they were actually sex links, you can tell the boys from the girls at hatch.

Yeah, straight run sex links makes no sense because they are breed so you can sex them as chicks. Whoever sold them is either dishonest or severely lacking in knowledge of chickens.

 

[Sarah088]

Ugh. Exactly what I didn’t want... a bunch of roosters... I got them from a feed store. They were hatched the Monday before Easter.

 

[JedJackson]

Ugh. Exactly what I didn’t want... a bunch of roosters... I got them from a feed store. They were hatched the Monday before Easter.

Hmmm, well they must have been put in the wrong bin. Pretty sure all but #4 and possibly #3 are cockerels. If #3 has a big red comb, then it is a boy too. Sorry you didn't get what you wanted. Will the feed store take the cockerels back and/or give you a refund since you weren't sold the correct chicks? It's worth asking.

 

[Sneebsey]

#4 is the only pullet. She looks like a New Hampshire.

The others look like EEs, and one RIR, all boys. Sorry.

 

[Sarah088]

Hmmm, well they must have been put in the wrong bin. Pretty sure all but #4 and possibly #3 are cockerels. If #3 has a big red comb, then it is a boy too. Sorry you didn't get what you wanted. Will the feed store take the cockerels back and/or give you a refund since you weren't sold the correct chicks? It's worth asking.

I went today and they said they were sold as straight run so they won’t take them back. Can multiple roosters live together? Guess I’ll be on the look out for hens. Now I know better. That was my first batch of chicks.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

I went today and they said they were sold as straight run so they won’t take them back. Can multiple roosters live together? Guess I’ll be on the look out for hens. Now I know better. That was my first batch of chicks.

They can, with an absence of hens. I would separate that pullet from the boys quickly, as on her own she will be over bred quickly, once they mature.