Lavender pullet or roo??😬

[Faith Lord]

So I got these babies last Friday from a local feed store! This is the first time o have bought from them and they told me they were all pullets, well now I am starting to question if one of my lavenders are a roo. Can someone help? Maybe they are a couple of days different in age? Would that make a big difference! I usually can tell but from what I have read about the lavenders they are slow feathered birds!

 

[JustAChickenLoverOverHere]

Too young. Update at 6-8 weeks of age.

 

[NatJ]

It looks like you have one fast feathering chick and one slow feathering chick.

Either gender can grow their feathers at either speed.

Feathering speed only tells sex if someone crossed the right combination of parents (fast father, slow mother gives fast daughters and slow sons.)

You will have to wait until they show other signs of gender in a month or two (comb & wattle development, crowing, saddle feathers.)

 

[NatJ]

I guess I just don’t understand if they were born at the same time, why is there one with more wing feathers than the other?

Because there are genes that cause a chicken to grow their feathers faster or slower.
Your two chicks have different genes for feathering speed. That's all.

 

[NatJ]

So sorry for sounding stupid, but even though they are both lavenders??

Lavender color has nothing to do with whether they grow feathers quickly or slowly.

Yes, it is quite possible to have two chicks of the same breed who grow feathers at different rates, even though they are the same gender.

 

[LaFleche]

I guess I just don’t understand if they were born at the same time, why is there one with more wing feathers than the other?

An age difference of two days (hatching usually starts Friday night for early hatchlings till Sunday evening for late hatchlings) can already cause this difference in feathering. And if one of them started to eat and drink immediately while the other took more time to start eating.

I would not stress about it, as it will not change anything and you will see soon enough if they are both pullets or not.

 

[Faith Lord]

Too young. Update at 6-8 weeks of age.

Really? So there’s a chance that they both will be pullets if that’s what I was told?

 

[Faith Lord]

I guess I just don’t understand if they were born at the same time, why is there one with more wing feathers than the other?

 

[CHlCKEN]

I guess I just don’t understand if they were born at the same time, why is there one with more wing feathers than the other?

Same reason people mature at different rates. Genetics have a lot to do with it.

 

[Faith Lord]

Thanks everyone for your help!!