Just how old are they???

[gogoalie]

I've got 5 birds, one roo...that we got from the science teacher from school...my son brought one home, out of the brooder, on April 30...so I put that at the 4th week, they were fully feathered & you could tell a roo from a hen, easily...(a week prior actually), & now, I am guessing that they're starting they're 8th week, or I could be a week late, & they're actually 9 weeks old...I just checked one of my red hens, & she's got earlobes growin', a waddle growin' & her comb is getting longer (not quite pronounced)...& the two hens I had originally, are getting FAT! (Roo is a hawg as well!)

 

[CoopCrazy]

Pics would help greatly .. It is diffucult to tell sex at tat young of an age.. I have some 14 weeks that Im still not sure of .. What color are the fatties??? You want to be sure they arent meat chickens as they wont have the life span of other chickens

 

[gogoalie]

My two fat hens are black & reddish brown...One's an Austraulorp & the red one is either a RSL or a RIR...


Here's a pic of my Dom X & RIR/RSL:

Here's a pic of my Brahma:

 

[CoopCrazy]

None of them really scream roo to me..

 

[gogoalie]

the Dom x is a roo..