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

[ChickenMama79]

Leghorn cockerels. They still have some down on their heads so age is about 6 to 8 weeks. Far too red in the comb, much too early.

Oh no!! Do you think it would be worth it hanging on to them just to be sure? Or do they go back to the feed store?

 

[junebuggena]

Oh no!! Do you think it would be worth it hanging on to them just to be sure? Or do they go back to the feed store?

Pullets do not start to turn red in the comb until they are getting close to laying age. Chicks under 2 months of age are still months away from laying, at best. No way those are female.

 

[summerb123]

do we have any girls on here

what do you mean

 

[wlchickenlady]

Best guess? These are silver salmon marans. About 3 weeks old.

 

[junebuggena]

Best guess? These are silver salmon marans. About 3 weeks old.

No way the chick on the left is pure Marans. Yellow skin. No way to be positive of gender at this point. Mixed breeds don't always follow the usually coloring rules.

 

[Mschkweasnduck]

Pullet

Looks just like my Mimi

 

[wlchickenlady]

No way the chick on the left is pure Marans. Yellow skin. No way to be positive of gender at this point. Mixed breeds don't always follow the usually coloring rules. 

Really? I bought eggs from a heritage farm that promised purebreds

 

[wlchickenlady]

Really? I bought eggs from a heritage farm that promised purebreds

I was also told that these ones would be easy to sex I have 2- blue orphington 2- lavenders & one sulmtaler from the same place

 

[junebuggena]

I was also told that these ones would be easy to sex I have 2- blue orphington 2- lavenders & one sulmtaler from the same place

I can only think of one "heritage" farm that has all those breeds, and Silver Salmon Marans. They do claim to free-range, and most of the breeding pens are not covered, so it's entirely possible for chicks to be mixed. It's more of a hobby farm, rather than an actual breeder that knows what they are doing.

 

[chickychick106]

The one in front is the one i'm curious about.
It's comb and wattle have been growing much faster than the one behind it and it's much more dominant.
They are both 3 1/2 months old in this picture. Buff Orpingtons.
Do I have a roo??