Not Sure If You've Got A Pullet Or Cockerel? Click Here! Thread 2

[minihorse927]

They all appear to be roosters but the red and white one isn't a Delaware.

 

[pammys chix]

They all appear to be roosters but the red and white one isn't a Delaware.

Thanks, I didn't think the red and white one was a Delaware cause he didn't look the same would you have an idea of what breed he might be?

 

[minihorse927]

I would probably say he is a Delaware mix or a red sex link based on coloration.

 

[mich9510]

10 weeks old Jersey giant.
I'm not sure because his/her comb isn't nearly as red as my Jersey that is definitely a roo. He/she behaves more like a pullet as well.
Thoughts?

 

[minihorse927]

10 weeks old Jersey giant.
I'm not sure because his/her comb isn't nearly as red as my Jersey that is definitely a roo. He/she behaves more like a pullet as well.
Thoughts?

pullet.

 

[minihorse927]

Mine I raised this year looked the same at 10 weeks and are still pullets. You get the late developing roo here and there. If by chance it is a late developer you will start seeing saddle and hacks feathers in a few weeks

 

[pammys chix]

I would probably say he is a Delaware mix or a red sex link based on coloration.

Thanks I thought he might be a crossbreed, I have Rhode Island Red layers and thought he probably had some Rhode Island in him.

 

[junebuggena]

This one as well, I was giving 3 and was told they were all Delaware roosters..

Not Delawares. That explains why I was having trouble sexing them. Usually, with pure Delawares, that amount of barring indicates female. Males have distinct barring through the tail feathers. Yours are lacking that. But the comb is all male. Since the red and white was also given to you with them, and you were told they were all Delawares, it's reasonable to assume they are all Delaware crosses. Crossbreed males will appear similar to 'pure' females. If their mothers were the Delawares, that would also make them sexlinks. The person that gave you them may have know that they were all boys.

 

[purplechicken7]

I have three Lavender Orpington chicks that I believe are right at a month old that I got from Chickenstock in NC. It is probably still too early to tell but I'm thinking two pullets (hopefully) and a cockerel. What does everyone else think?

 

[minihorse927]

I have three Lavender Orpington chicks that I believe are right at a month old that I got from Chickenstock in NC. It is probably still too early to tell but I'm thinking two pullets (hopefully) and a cockerel. What does everyone else think?

1. Cockerel. 2. Pullet 3. Could go either way but I'm thinking pullet right now.