My suspected Roos - agree or disagree

[ChickenMath10to17]

3 chickens I suspect are Roos
I don't have a definite age but around 10 weeks. 2 picture per bird
"Margarine" - White (leg horn?)
"Rainbow" - RIR likely
Unnamed EE who is beautiful

I'd appreciate the help to know. We have young kids and are new to chickens, we do not want to do roosters the first year.

When do you make chicken dinner with your Roos? I have a few more chickens I don't know the gender of, but I know I have 1 confirmed Roo.

Also Pea combs confuse me, how can you tell gender by them?

I appreciate the wisdom and experience. Thank you!

 

[nuthatched]

Cockerel, pullet and on the fence. Pea combs also get red and bigger. Look for male specific dark red shoulders on the ee

 

[Tookie]

First one is a White Leghorn cockerel.
Second one is a some sort of production breed, that one is a pullet.
Third is an Easter Egger pullet.

Around 6 months is a good time to cull the cockerels for their meat.

 

[ChickenMath10to17]

Cockerel, pullet and on the fence. Pea combs also get red and bigger. Look for male specific dark red shoulders on the ee

Thank you!

 

[ChickenMath10to17]

First one is a White Leghorn cockerel.
Second one is a some sort of production breed, that one is a pullet.
Third is an Easter Egger pullet.

Around 6 months is a good time to cull the cockerels for their meat.

Thank you again Tookie! Will the cockerel temperment still be good till 6months?

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Cockerel, pullet and on the fence. Pea combs also get red and bigger. Look for male specific dark red shoulders on the ee

Agreed.

 

[Tookie]

Thank you again Tookie! Will the cockerel temperment still be good till 6months?

You'll have to wait and see about his temperment, no way to know now, he good be nice but he could be mean.
Also I change my mind on the genders, I agree with the others.

 

[NatJ]

Pea combs confuse me, how can you tell gender by them?

If you have just one bird with a pea comb, it can be hard. If you have several with pea combs, you can compare them wtih each other, and the difference usually becomes very obvious as they grow (male pea combs are bigger than female pea combs).

Also, pea combs get red in young males, just like single combs do. Females have pale combs for a lot longer, no matter what comb type they have.

When do you make chicken dinner with your Roos?

They are edible at any age. Younger ones have more tender meat, but older ones have more time to grow so they have more total meat.

I tend to butcher cockerels when they start to become a problem. That could be when I get tired of hearing crowing, or when they start harassing the females, or when I just want to reduce how many birds are in the coop. If any cockerel attacks a person, it is definitely time to butcher that one. It really is not worth keeping a problem cockerel around just to let him grow a little more.

 

[ChickenMath10to17]

If you have just one bird with a pea comb, it can be hard. If you have several with pea combs, you can compare them wtih each other, and the difference usually becomes very obvious as they grow (male pea combs are bigger than female pea combs).

Also, pea combs get red in young males, just like single combs do. Females have pale combs for a lot longer, no matter what comb type they have.


They are edible at any age. Younger ones have more tender meat, but older ones have more time to grow so they have more total meat.

I tend to butcher cockerels when they start to become a problem. That could be when I get tired of hearing crowing, or when they start harassing the females, or when I just want to reduce how many birds are in the coop. If any cockerel attacks a person, it is definitely time to butcher that one. It really is not worth keeping a problem cockerel around just to let him grow a little more.

Thank you NatJ this has lots of information for me!

 

[ChickenMath10to17]

Here is the EE comb picture I forgot to post. Does that help any? @NatJ @Tookie @LadiesAndJane @nuthatched