I suspect two of my ladies are gentlemen.

[debikm]

Chickens 4-25-2019

• debikm
• Apr 25, 2019

My Jersey Giant chicks were supposed to be pullets, but I did want a rooster, to offer protection when they are mature enough to free range in the yard. One of them I've called my drama queen, s/he flails and shrieks like I'm killing her (?) when I move them from the brooder to their pen in the daytime. As soon as I let them go this morning, she started facing off with a couple of the others. S/he has more comb development than three of the others, another also has a more prominent comb. Any opinions?

 

[Arkady]

Looks like it to me. You’ll know for sure when they start waking you up at 5:45 am like one of my ‘girls’ did this morning. Your girls will have a couple of great bodyguards!

 

[yickenscarf23]

It definitely looks like two boys!

 

[Birds of a Feather]

2 cockerels.

 

[HenHouse4Life]

Are they 100% JG's? Mine never had those markings. Where did you get them?

 

[chickendreams24]

Yeah is it just me or are those chicks barred?

Also how many ladies do you have if you have 2 cockerals? If you only have three girls I would suggest adding more girls and rehoming one of the boys.

 

[HenHouse4Life]

Yeah is it just me or are those chicks barred?

Also how many ladies do you have if you have 2 cockerals? If you only have three girls I would suggest adding more girls and rehoming one of the boys.

That's what I'm seeing also!

 

[debikm]

Are they 100% JG's? Mine never had those markings. Where did you get them?

I got them at Tractor Supply. I had planned on getting RIR, but they didn't have any and I was coming home with chickens, dangit! I looked Jersey Giants up and liked what I read. I'm wondering if they are actually going to be blue?

 

[debikm]

That's what I'm seeing also!

Yes, they are barred or marked, or whatever you call it. I thought maybe they'd be blues, but I don't know.

 

[debikm]

Yeah is it just me or are those chicks barred?

Also how many ladies do you have if you have 2 cockerals? If you only have three girls I would suggest adding more girls and rehoming one of the boys.

If I have two boys I have three hens. I only want the one so I will find the extra roo a new home. I only intended to have four anyway when I thought I was getting all hens, LOL, but that would have left only one JG chick in the brooder at Tractor Supply, and I'm a softie, so I bought five chicks. I would like another hen since we all love eggs.