OH DANG! *irony alert*

[urbanhomesteader]

I think one of the 4 Cuckoo Maran chicks I kept is a cockeral!

. I had 11 chicks in total and I gave away 7. I kept the 4 darkest thinking they were pullets.

Today I took the chicks outside for the first time and in the light of day I could see that "Tootsie" has red on its comb already and none of the other 3 do. Tootsie also has not feathered up as fast as the other chicks.
I suppose its ironic that the chick I named after a character that was a man masquirading as a woman turns out to be doing the same thing.

 

[CarriBrown]

 

[Llysse]

 

[speckledhen]

Very funny!

 

[robin416]

I've done the opposite thing. You can't tell a Silkie's sex until they are quite a bit older than a month. I managed to sell off all of my roos and didn't know it for months. Had all these girls and no boy for them.

 

[Hoolie]

Quote:

 

[cheapcheap_jeepjeep]

 

[MoonGoddess]

Awww, well look on the bright side...you'll have more fertile eggs soon and you can try again.

 

[bayouchica]

 

[urbanhomesteader]

I wish that was an option. I can't keep roosters where I live. So if Tootsie is truly a roo I will have to find a new home for him. If no one will take him he's

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