Next batch of chicks

[ksato003]

We just gave up a cockerel we raised for months and my kids were so bummed about it. We just added another batch of chicks and I’m worried might also be a roo, but I’m not familiar with the breeds.

They are 6-8 weeks old and it’s possible there are mixed ages among the group.

The three chicks are:
1) blue laced golden wyandotte - the one I’m
worried about
2) black copper marans
3) polish

tell me the Wyandotte doesn’t look like a roo with the comb? It’s possible that chick is older than the other two, so size may not be an indicator.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Girls

 

[Little Baby Bean]

We just gave up a cockerel we raised for months and my kids were so bummed about it. We just added another batch of chicks and I’m worried might also be a roo, but I’m not familiar with the breeds.

They are 6-8 weeks old and it’s possible there are mixed ages among the group.

The three chicks are:
1) blue laced golden wyandotte - the one I’m
worried about
2) black copper marans
3) polish

tell me the Wyandotte doesn’t look like a roo with the comb? It’s possible that chick is older than the other two, so size may not be an indicator.

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The polish is a bit too young but the other two are pullets.

 

[ksato003]

Sweet Jesus thank you

The polish is a bit too young but the other two are pullets.

Do you know the signs to watch for for the polish?

 

[Little Baby Bean]

Sweet Jesus thank you

Do you know the signs to watch for for the polish?

Pullets will get rounded head feathers and boys will get crazy crests with spiky crest feathers. Boys will also get spiky hackles and a white neck(This is all advice from @JustBabyMargo who is my sister and a polish expert.) They will get a red face earlier than pullets and redder wattles. I hope it ends up being a pullet!

 

[HappyClucker7]

Too early for the polish, but the other two are definitely girls!

 

[ksato003]

Pullets will get rounded head feathers and boys will get crazy crests with spiky crest feathers. Boys will also get spiky hackles and a white neck(This is all advice from @JustBabyMargo who is my sister and a polish expert.) They will get a red face earlier than pullets and redder wattles.I hope it ends up being a pullet!

This is SO helpful THANK YOU to you and your polish expert sister!

 

[Little Baby Bean]

This is SO helpful THANK YOU to you and your polish expert sister!

Yup!!