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

[junebuggena]

Hi! I'm new here and hope I'm posting this correctly. I just got 3 cuckoo maran pullets at the feed store but this one is a little larger and more dominant than the other two. They are about 5 weeks old. Can anyone tell me if this is a rooster?

That's a boy, and looks like a black sexlink cockerel. He's got yellow skin, so not a Marans, and his barring isn't light enough for a purebred Barred Rock.

 

[henny1129]

That's a boy, and looks like a black sexlink cockerel. He's got yellow skin, so not a Marans, and his barring isn't light enough for a purebred Barred Rock.

Yes, I was thinking his legs looked different, but I'm not an expert on the leg colors/breeds, so I just let it go. :/

 

[burrowbrook]

Thank you both for the info! I took him back to the feed store just now. They immediately agreed he was a rooster. At first they said they would just give me a hen but I would still have to keep him, but eventually they agreed to take him and let me just take the hen home. Unfortunately, the jerks gave me a sick one. They don't allow customers into the room to select the chicks, otherwise this wouldn't have happened. She is quiet as a mouse and doesn't want to stand up. Definitely unlike the others when I first brought them home. I am fed up dealing with this place so am keeping the poor little girl quarantined and hoping she makes a recovery. If anyone lives in the Dallas/Plano area, AVOID Wells Brothers Feed store.

 

[henny1129]

Thank you both for the info! I took him back to the feed store just now. They immediately agreed he was a rooster. At first they said they would just give me a hen but I would still have to keep him, but eventually they agreed to take him and let me just take the hen home. Unfortunately, the jerks gave me a sick one. They don't allow customers into the room to select the chicks, otherwise this wouldn't have happened. She is quiet as a mouse and doesn't want to stand up. Definitely unlike the others when I first brought them home. I am fed up dealing with this place so am keeping the poor little girl quarantined and hoping she makes a recovery. If anyone lives in the Dallas/Plano area, AVOID Wells Brothers Feed store. 

At least they took him back. But not cool that they have you a sick one. I'm sure that most of the people in the feed store even know the difference between a dead bird and a perfectly healthy one though. I've only ever met one person who was knowledgeable about the birds she was taking care of at the feed store, and that was because her and her mom bred show quality birds.

 

[Nyla]

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[henny1129]

Can you tell me the breeds and gender of these beauties? They were hatched on Jan. 26th, 2017 Chick #1 Chick #2 Chick #3 Chick #4 Chick #5 Chick #6 Chick #7 Chick #8 ==================================================================================== These should be all girls, I ordered 4 female Ameraucana's from Cackle Hatchery! These are what I received! They were hatched Feb 13th, 2017 Chick #1 Chick # 2 Chick #3 This one is my lavender Ameraucana I ordered. Its color really doesn't show in pics.. Chick #4

Chick 1-Production Red, looking like a pullet. Chick 2-Buff Brahma, I'm not sure....it's got a lot of comb development though. Chick 3-Not sure on breed, pullet. Chick 4-Black Australorp or Jersey Giant, probably a cockerel. Chick 5-Barred Rock, looking like a cockerel. Chick 6-Not sure on breed, cockerel. Chick 7-Buff Orpington, cockerel. Ameraucanas: All look like pullets to me. They don't like like true Ameraucanas though, but you might want a second opinion on them. Hope all this helps.

 

[debid]

Nyla, your Cackle "Ameraucanas" are Easter Eggers. I see no obvious males in your sexed pullets. I agree with the PP on the males in your mystery breeds. I think your Brahma is probably a male but a picture looking at the comb from straight on would be helpful. Pea combs with defined peas at this age would indicate male. He also appears to have curled toes and would benefit from intervention.

 

[junebuggena]

Are you sure you ordered those from Cackle? Your chicks are Easter Eggers, and Cackle does not mislabel their Easter Eggers as Ameraucana. And they only vent sex their Black Ameraucana. Their Blue and Lavenders are not sexed. And none of your chicks are Lavender.

 

[cptpolarbear]

Hello! I'm posting the same chicken, a few weeks later... what do you think she (hopefully she!!!??) is??
She doesn't have any saddle feathers as far as I can see, the rest of her feathers are fairly rounded, when you stroke her, she lifts her bum a bit (which is apparently a sign she's ready to start laying?) and her tail shape is similar to the hen we have already.... her comb is a little big but I was convinced she was a girl.., this morning, she made a funny gurgling sound while flapping her wings... it sounded like an attempted crow...
Any ideas as to what she is? She must be about 4-5 months now...
Please help!

 

[junebuggena]

Hello! I'm posting the same chicken, a few weeks later... what do you think she (hopefully she!!!??) is??
She doesn't have any saddle feathers as far as I can see, the rest of her feathers are fairly rounded, when you stroke her, she lifts her bum a bit (which is apparently a sign she's ready to start laying?) and her tail shape is similar to the hen we have already.... her comb is a little big but I was convinced she was a girl.., this morning, she made a funny gurgling sound while flapping her wings... it sounded like an attempted crow...
Any ideas as to what she is? She must be about 4-5 months now...
Please help!

Still pretty sure that's a cockerel, and looks to be about 12 weeks, still a bit young for obvious male specific feathering. You posted 4 weeks ago, stating the age was 8 weeks old. 8 weeks plus 4 weeks is 3 months old, not 4 to 5 months.