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

[LilJoe]

Does any one know what breed my chicken is and sex

since she/he doesn't do breed I can help, to me it may be a cross or a cornish cross which is a meat bird

 

[windyhawk]

I have another BO the exact same age and she definitely has a lighter and smaller comb/waddle (pic below), but I can't see a difference between their feathers -- no noticeable tail feathers. I'll get a full body photo tonight and see if that helps.

I have five 16 week old "layers" that BYC has deemed pullets but their combs and wattles are in various states of redness & development. Some are far more advanced than others. Since these are my first chickens (as an adult) I am hopeful of eggs by Labor Day.

 

[windyhawk]

Can someone please help me with these? They're about 13 weeks, I know one for sure is a roo but not 100% on the othe 2. I was told they were Amber links.

Bumping. Can anyone help wrm54?

 

[junebuggena]

Can someone please help me with these? They're about 13 weeks, I know one for sure is a roo but not 100% on the othe 2. I was told they were Amber links.

Need better pics. Probably cockerels, but can't see their feathering properly in this photo. It's just not crisp enough.

 

[summerb123]

x2

 

[jenniferlamar70]

Bumping. Can anyone help wrm54?

If they are amberlinks I'm guessing pullets only because it seems the roosters have way more tan while the hens can be white. It's not common though. Are you sure they are only 13 weeks?

 

[Auntie Moose]

Do young chicks (under laying age) play fight together like young children do, or am I seeing a pecking order starting up with my three? They are all about the same size, but the Iowa Blue is kinda bossy. She's not pecking on the other two--yet. This is my first "flock" so I know nothing!

 

[junebuggena]

Do young chicks (under laying age) play fight together like young children do, or am I seeing a pecking order starting up with my three? They are all about the same size, but the Iowa Blue is kinda bossy. She's not pecking on the other two--yet. This is my first "flock" so I know nothing!

Yes, young chicks do fight for dominance. It's all a normal part of establishing pecking order. Some of my pullets are just as intense in their sparing as their brothers.

 

[Auntie Moose]

Yes, young chicks do fight for dominance. It's all a normal part of establishing pecking order. Some of my pullets are just as intense in their sparing as their brothers.

Thanks. I'm still trying to figure out if my Blue is a pullet or not. Her comb has just erupted and is kind of coral colored. She will chase the other two.

 

[Auntie Moose]

This is the chick in question. An Iowa Blue, almost six weeks. Only one with a visible comb.