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Chirping
- Mar 13, 2019
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So our chicks are six weeks old.
I've heard mixed reviews on what age is best to post on here so apologies if it's too early.
I tried to get comb shots as well as side shots for each bird but they were very busy roaming around looking for fresh wormies. I was told they came from a mixture of black copper and blue copper marans but I'm thinking of them as mutts since they could honestly be anything. Do Maran pullets develope wattles this young? They came in early and red so I assume my three blue coppers are roosters. I do see feathered legs on some. For fun take a guess at breed if you'd like!
Some of these I'm 99% sure are roos. The easter eggers were from a feed store so I'm almost certain they're pullets.
1. Guess: Pullet
2. Guess: Roo
3. Guess: Pullet?
4. Guess: Super unsure! Kind of red but is that always indicative when they're young? Note them feathered legs.
5. Guess: On the left. Pullet.
6. Guess: Rooster. Oh how I loved this one. Then one day I started seeing very red wattles
7. Guess: Super unsure. This one had wattles and comb come in a week after the other blue copper. But the wattles are pretty red (albeit smaller than the wattles of the others)even though the comb is not. Slow developing rooster?
9. Mystery breed bird. Guess: Rooster
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That's all folks!
Take your guesses, place your bets, I'll definitely update the thread when crowing starts happening
I've heard mixed reviews on what age is best to post on here so apologies if it's too early.
I tried to get comb shots as well as side shots for each bird but they were very busy roaming around looking for fresh wormies. I was told they came from a mixture of black copper and blue copper marans but I'm thinking of them as mutts since they could honestly be anything. Do Maran pullets develope wattles this young? They came in early and red so I assume my three blue coppers are roosters. I do see feathered legs on some. For fun take a guess at breed if you'd like!
Some of these I'm 99% sure are roos. The easter eggers were from a feed store so I'm almost certain they're pullets.
1. Guess: Pullet
2. Guess: Roo
3. Guess: Pullet?
4. Guess: Super unsure! Kind of red but is that always indicative when they're young? Note them feathered legs.
5. Guess: On the left. Pullet.
6. Guess: Rooster. Oh how I loved this one. Then one day I started seeing very red wattles
7. Guess: Super unsure. This one had wattles and comb come in a week after the other blue copper. But the wattles are pretty red (albeit smaller than the wattles of the others)even though the comb is not. Slow developing rooster?
9. Mystery breed bird. Guess: Rooster
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That's all folks!
Take your guesses, place your bets, I'll definitely update the thread when crowing starts happening
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