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

[IRNHIDE]

One of the barred rocks looks like a rooster, the rest pullets

Are you talking about the biggest one because it is 2 weeks older than the rest.

 

[Heihei22]

Pullet or roo ee?

 

[αννα1993]

Poor thing is probably scared. It could have escaped its property & there's a worried owner out there looking for their chicken. OR Someone clueless tried to just dump an extra cockerel at your farm.

Can't really guess the gender unless the approx age is known & would need better pics in natural light with close ups of face.

Is there a way you can post a "found chick" in your neighborhood? maybe facebook? or Nextdoor? Because many towns now allow hens - but not roos- many people find themselves having to give up their new pet. With very few options to rehome, they may see a flock of chickens & just dump them out onto your property. It's a horrible thing to do but I'm guessing some people don't understand that. A friend of mine even caught one at a forest preserve. (Actually it was hungry & scared, so it jumped into his car.)

i live in a big city and every easter people buy little yellow chicks to please their childrens need of a pet because they look cute .. most of them are sold in street markets and are male chicks (breeders keep female for themselves) someone left this guy in the center of a square with the pigeons :/ it was posted on facebook but no one wanted it or claimed that lost it so i decided to adopt so that it doesn't end up cooked ... there are no farms around here maybe it escaped from a balcony but no one looked for him .. Luckily i dont live in an appartment in a block of flats like most people here so i got him a female chick for company and made them a chicken house on my terrace.

 

[kwphotomom]

Anyone want to take a guess on our 8-10ish week silkie?

 

[Faraday40]

i live in a big city and every easter people buy little yellow chicks to please their childrens need of a pet because they look cute .. most of them are sold in street markets and are male chicks (breeders keep female for themselves) someone left this guy in the center of a square with the pigeons :/ it was posted on facebook but no one wanted it or claimed that lost it so i decided to adopt so that it doesn't end up cooked ... there are no farms around here maybe it escaped from a balcony but no one looked for him .. Luckily i dont live in an appartment in a block of flats like most people here so i got him a female chick for company and made them a chicken house on my terrace.

A lucky boy!

 

[Faraday40]

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Silkies are one of the toughest breeds because they are so "different." You may want to post the pics on a special silkie sexing thread where there are people with a lot more experience.

Your pics are clear& from multiple angles, so hopefully someone can give you an answer.

 

[kwphotomom]

Thank you! I will look for a silkie sexing thread

 

[BluChick]

Hey guys,
Hopefully someone's can give me some kind of idea on these guys. I'm guessing my last posts were too young. Please let me know if they're still too young.

I have my guesses, but as a first time chicken owner, I'd like to have an educated guess at least

Five weeks old; the Easter egger is probably actually 6 weeks. Have two bantam Wyandottes, but they're still chick fuzz at 4.5 weeks, so I'll hold off on asking gender for them

Polish. Very bossy-almost bully.

Silver Lace Wyandotte. Pretty sure a Roo

SLW - same age, a lot smaller and less feathered

Sicilian Buttercup. Only one sexed prior to purchase (supposed to be pullet)

And the Easter Egger (older than other chicks by a week at least)

Thanks guys!

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Hey guys,
Hopefully someone's can give me some kind of idea on these guys. I'm guessing my last posts were too young. Please let me know if they're still too young.

I have my guesses, but as a first time chicken owner, I'd like to have an educated guess at least

Five weeks old; the Easter egger is probably actually 6 weeks. Have two bantam Wyandottes, but they're still chick fuzz at 4.5 weeks, so I'll hold off on asking gender for them

Polish. Very bossy-almost bully.
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Silver Lace Wyandotte. Pretty sure a Roo
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SLW - same age, a lot smaller and less feathered
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Sicilian Buttercup. Only one sexed prior to purchase (supposed to be pullet)
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And the Easter Egger (older than other chicks by a week at least)
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Thanks guys!

Polish- petty color, though
1st Wyandotte- agree, probably a cockerel with the comb and wattles coming in and the white patches on the wings
2nd Wyandotte- has the wrong comb? so far, pullet
Buttercup- looks like a pullet so far
EE- looks like a pullet

 

[BluChick]

Polish- petty color, though
1st Wyandotte- agree, probably a cockerel with the comb and wattles coming in and the white patches on the wings
2nd Wyandotte- has the wrong comb? so far, pullet
Buttercup- looks like a pullet so far
EE- looks like a pullet

Thanks, Wishing4Wings!!!
I truly do appreciate it.
My SL (probably) roo had an odd looking comb at first, too. (As in, didn't look like the pics I saw online). Hoping the other will grow into it! Glad to hear she's likely a pullet!
I'm hoping my bantams all turn out to be pullets, too. But I imagine I've got quite a wait to know for sure on them!

The Polish I have no idea either. A week ago I would have said cockerel, but its crest is rather uniform, so maybe pullet... but then the stragglers over the neck are confusing; and I could keep listing the confusing traits, but you know what I mean! S/he's a candy corn, or so I was told. Can't find any blue/grey candy corn coloration to compare to online; so may be a different color; but

Thank you again!