Don't pick on Too Fast.
Too Fast has many interesting things to say that are of keen interest to the rest of us.
Post #175 and post # 312, for instance.
The rest of it is mostly mindless blathering, but those 2 bordered on somewhat interesting.
Keep up the good work, Too Fast.
John
I would not mind a good looking guy like this in my mixHe has pointed saddle feathers and the typical brick-red shoulder markings of an Easter-egger rooster. Saddle feathers show up at the base of the tail typically between 12 and 14 weeks old, though I had a young man whose saddles showed up at 7 weeks or so this year. Those feathers are a guarantee of a rooster, though, because hens will not get those feathers, especially young hens.
Here is my boy at 12 weeks old. See the pointed feathers at the base of his tail? (As a side note, he does not have the red shoulder patches that most EE boys get, but he is still very much a boy. No pullet would ever have the red shoulder pattern of that person's bird, though.)
If you can, post a picture. I'd be glad to help you determine whether you have pullets or not.
Yup. The chicken coop is our storm shelter. Nothing like riding out the storm with our peeps.The house is obliterated, but the chicken coop is just fine.
John
How do you search by my post number? Gotta see what I said! Now about the blathering................Don't pick on Too Fast.
Too Fast has many interesting things to say that are of keen interest to the rest of us.
Post #175 and post # 312, for instance.
The rest of it is mostly mindless blathering, but those 2 bordered on somewhat interesting.
Keep up the good work, Too Fast.
John
You just had to post this, didn't you !!
crud. I have an EE that I've been worried about being a boy almost fromHe has pointed saddle feathers and the typical brick-red shoulder markings of an Easter-egger rooster. Saddle feathers show up at the base of the tail typically between 12 and 14 weeks old, though I had a young man whose saddles showed up at 7 weeks or so this year. Those feathers are a guarantee of a rooster, though, because hens will not get those feathers, especially young hens.
Here is my boy at 12 weeks old. See the pointed feathers at the base of his tail? (As a side note, he does not have the red shoulder patches that most EE boys get, but he is still very much a boy. No pullet would ever have the red shoulder pattern of that person's bird, though.)
If you can, post a picture. I'd be glad to help you determine whether you have pullets or not.
My girl just started laying eggs. The other one is neither laying or crowing. I'll post a pic when I can. I bet it's a roo. I have way too many boys!!!!
See how their patterns are more spread out as opposed to the sort of patchy pattern my boy has? That's an indicator of their sex as well.
