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

[junebuggena]

I think my previous post got lost in the shuffle! So we are pretty certain that all but the white are pullets. Any guesses on the white one? The comb seems awfully big but I'm a beginner so I really dont know what to think. A couple others in a different post said pullet but this picture is a little better. What do you think?!?!?!

Angel is definitely a cockerel. Lucy might be a cockerel.

 

[mlploeger]

Angel is definitely a cockerel. Lucy might be a cockerel.

Oh bummer! What is making you think Lucy may be one as well?

 

[junebuggena]

Oh bummer! What is making you think Lucy may be one as well?

Pink comb, and I'm seeing a hint of dark red in the shoulders.

 

[mlploeger]

Pink comb, and I'm seeing a hint of dark red in the shoulders.

Okay thanks! Here's another shot of Lucy maybe you can see her shoulders better here. I didn't know shoulder color was a way to tell. Interesting

 

[junebuggena]

Okay thanks! Here's another shot of Lucy maybe you can see her shoulders better here. I didn't know shoulder color was a way to tell. Interesting

Keep an eye on this one. If the overall patterning changes dramatically in the next couple weeks, it's definitely a boy.

 

[mlploeger]

Keep an eye on this one. If the overall patterning changes dramatically in the next couple weeks, it's definitely a boy.

Thanks SO much! So I'm really hoping that if they are roosters I can find a good home for them. The lady I got them from was running a pretty poorly looking operation and I really don't want to send them back there. I felt like we were rescuing them when we left. In your experience is it difficult to re home a rooster ? I'm not against using them for meat either but I don't know if I'm ready for that yet lol and don't they need to be older than 5 months?. Just started with all this!

 

[Ethan8772]

this was suppose to be a black austrolorp pullet but doesnt look anything like one, wondering if its because its a rooster. Any help with its gender or breed would be great. Thanks

 

[debid]

...this was suppose to be a black austrolorp pullet but doesnt look anything like one, wondering if its because its a rooster. Any help with its gender or breed would be great. Thanks

Looks like a black sexlink pullet

 

[minihorse927]

Looks like a black sexlink pullet

agreed

 

[junebuggena]

Thanks SO much! So I'm really hoping that if they are roosters I can find a good home for them. The lady I got them from was running a pretty poorly looking operation and I really don't want to send them back there. I felt like we were rescuing them when we left. In your experience is it difficult to re home a rooster ? I'm not against using them for meat either but I don't know if I'm ready for that yet lol and don't they need to be older than 5 months?. Just started with all this!

I don't even bother finding homes for cockerels most of the time. After all the time and feed that I invest in incubating and brooding, I'd rather feed my family with them rather than have go to feed someone else.
Most of the time, it can be difficult to even give them way.