Mos
Chirping
- Jul 15, 2019
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So my babies are now 6 weeks, and while I was quite hopeful in the beginning that at least a couple of them could be pullets, it feels like my hopes are now diminishing every day.
I've been quite certain for a while that 1, 2 and 3 must be cockerels, they've always been the biggest, have big stocky legs and would never wanna miss out on the fun whenever any chest bumping is going on. 4 and 5 however have always been a bit smaller, especially 4 have always been quite a lot smaller, and I've been holding on to hope that these two might be pullets. But the more I look at them the more they start to look like cockerels to me.. I hope I might just be starting to hallucinate from staring at them so much, but I guess it might also be that the universe thought that 5 cockerels would be an excellent start to my backyard flock..
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A few pictures of them together.
As you can see in the last picture, 4 is a lot smaller than the others. Could this be a sign it's a pullet? Since Liege roosters are so much larger than the hens, maybe the size difference could be noticeable in chicks as well?
Or is it just a small cockerel? 
I don't even care that I won't get any eggs if they all turn out to be roosters, I'll just be devastated that I won't be able to keep all of my beautiful babies because of the annoying little detail that roosters usually don't wanna be best buddies after a while..
I know it's too early to say for sure, but do you think there's still a chance 4 or 5 might be pullets? Or maybe even 1, 2 or 3 if my assumption has been completely wrong?
Or would I be better off just putting away the list of potential female names?
I've been quite certain for a while that 1, 2 and 3 must be cockerels, they've always been the biggest, have big stocky legs and would never wanna miss out on the fun whenever any chest bumping is going on. 4 and 5 however have always been a bit smaller, especially 4 have always been quite a lot smaller, and I've been holding on to hope that these two might be pullets. But the more I look at them the more they start to look like cockerels to me.. I hope I might just be starting to hallucinate from staring at them so much, but I guess it might also be that the universe thought that 5 cockerels would be an excellent start to my backyard flock..
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
A few pictures of them together.
As you can see in the last picture, 4 is a lot smaller than the others. Could this be a sign it's a pullet? Since Liege roosters are so much larger than the hens, maybe the size difference could be noticeable in chicks as well?
Or is it just a small cockerel? I don't even care that I won't get any eggs if they all turn out to be roosters, I'll just be devastated that I won't be able to keep all of my beautiful babies because of the annoying little detail that roosters usually don't wanna be best buddies after a while..
I know it's too early to say for sure, but do you think there's still a chance 4 or 5 might be pullets? Or maybe even 1, 2 or 3 if my assumption has been completely wrong?
Or would I be better off just putting away the list of potential female names?
Of course I'll wait a few more weeks before I get too comfortable with the thought of them being pullets, but just that you think that all of them might be pullets instead of just the initial two I was on the fence about is so damn amazing to hear. I'll hold on to the female name list!! 
