OMG, 9 chicks and I think I'll be lucky if even 1 is female!

[chfriedmam]

Hi, I gave a guy a cute male BCM rooster I had and he gave me some dark hatching eggs. He breeds Black, Blue Marans and Olive Eggers. 9 hatched, and I gave away 2. 7 chicks have been out in my coop with the big chickens bc it's so hot since they were a few days old (in a brooder, but now they are integrated). So today I took a closer look and did a photo shoot. I am pretty sure there is only hope for 1 of them to be a pullet!!! I will wait and hope, but what do you think. Attaching album. What a lesson in statistics...

PS I think 1 is the pullet. What do you think?

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[Bigtom Turkey]

The all look male. The only female might be the first one.

 

[JedJackson]

The one in the first picture could be a pullet but it does have very thick legs. The rest are boys. Either raise them up for meat or start looking for new homes is my advice. That is really bad luck!

 

[chfriedmam]

The one in the first picture could be a pullet but it does have very thick legs. The rest are boys. Either raise them up for meat or start looking for new homes is my advice. That is really bad luck!

I know. The universe owes me some hens. Then again, they came free...

 

[JedJackson]

I know. The universe owes me some hens. Then again, they came free...

Even so that sucks! Free cockerels is not something most of us want.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Dang, that's unfortunate First is the only potential pullet

 

[Painted Calls]

Agree with everyone else. Number 1 is your only potential pullet.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

1 is maybe a girl. Hopefully.
You’ll have to separate her once they hit puberty or she’ll be miserable.

 

[Offshoreorca]

I'm hoping for you that #1 is a pullet - I had some olive egger backcrosses (3/4 Marans, 1/4 Silverrudds, Ameraucana, or Legbar) that had super thick legs as chicks, but now a few of them appear to be pullets at 7 weeks old. Hold on to hope!

 

[chfriedmam]

I'm hoping for you that #1 is a pullet - I had some olive egger backcrosses (3/4 Marans, 1/4 Silverrudds, Ameraucana, or Legbar) that had super thick legs as chicks, but now a few of them appear to be pullets at 7 weeks old. Hold on to hope!

Fingers crossed!