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

[Firemedic54]

They are from cackle hatchery originally

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

With that coloring, if it's BSL you have a pullet. So I'm gonna say you just have an early bloomer.

 

[henny1129]

Here is my question. Pullet? Frizzle is 3-5 months (was told she was a fall baby) here she is, her comb and wattle have got significantly more red over the past 2 weeks. Second photo was from a week or so ago.

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I'm thinking she's a pullet, she's just matured a lot in the last few weeks, which means she'll start laying within the next couple weeks!

5-6 weeks?? Very timid attitude.

This I'm thinking cockeral 5-6 weeks also. This one is the protector of all his/hers brooder buddies. None of the other chcikens in the run can get close to these guys.

Is it normal for them to be 2 seperste groups in the same coop and run. They do nothing together... The first group is 9ish weeks and then these 5-6 weekers...

My guess is the first one is a pullet, but I can be more sure if you can get a full body shot of her. And the second is most likely a cockerel.

It's definitely normal. Chickens are naturally more comfortable with the chicks they were raised with, just like we are most comfortable with our family! Once they get older though, they will start to hang out more together.

 

[debid]

They are from cackle hatchery originally

But does "originally" mean they hatched at Cackle or their parents did? Do you have any way to contact the seller?

 

[windy farm]

Cockerel correct?
I just started hatching my own chicks this winter. This one happens to come from a silver laced wyendott (dad) and a white rock (mom).
I have 7 right now from the same parents about this same age. (hatched the 18th of Jan)
5 look just like this and the other two are definitely different. I will try to get a picture of one and post it.

 

[junebuggena]

Cockerel correct?
I just started hatching my own chicks this winter. This one happens to come from a silver laced wyendott (dad) and a white rock (mom).
I have 7 right now from the same parents about this same age. (hatched the 18th of Jan)
5 look just like this and the other two are definitely different. I will try to get a picture of one and post it.

Definitely a cockerel, and it also shows that your White Rock hen is carrying the barring gene and that the Wyandotte rooster is not pure for the rose comb.

 

[windy farm]

Thank you very much!! I wondered about that with the dad not having a rose comb.
At any rate I am having a ton of fun with this little project and my kids are having a blast watching the chicks hatch.
Who knew?

 

[windy farm]

These are the 2 that I think are pullets. Agree?

 

[junebuggena]

These are the 2 that I think are pullets. Agree?

Pullets for now, but it's still a bit early to be completely sure.

 

[henny1129]

Cockerel correct? I just started hatching my own chicks this winter. This one happens to come from a silver laced wyendott (dad) and a white rock (mom). I have 7 right now from the same parents about this same age. (hatched the 18th of Jan) 5 look just like this and the other two are definitely different. I will try to get a picture of one and post it.

Cockerel. And very gorgeous coloring!