I've been trying for 9 weeks now to figure out wether my first chicken is a hen or roo. (This is soooo frustrating.) I've read a million things and everything is starting to look the same to me. Feather shape, foot size, feather size. I've got research burn out. One of the things I keep coming across is types of combs, so I look up the difference. Half the combs that look like my chick say pea comb, but others say rose comb so I'm bringing it here in hopes that someone will tell me if "Peep" has a pea comb or rose comb or something altogether different.....PLEASE.
Now, if anyone wants to just tell me if I have a hen or roo, that would be awesome, especially now that I have the 12 little ones I am trying to figure out as well...lol
It doesn't help me that he/she is 9 weeks tomorrow and still not fully feathered out.
All of mine are barnyard mixes. This one came from a light brown egg. I'm assuming she/he is an EE with his big ole muffs and beard. In the beggining I swore it was a hen, in the last week I've settled on roo. Any help would be gratefully appreciated and I would
to you....lol
Now, if anyone wants to just tell me if I have a hen or roo, that would be awesome, especially now that I have the 12 little ones I am trying to figure out as well...lol
It doesn't help me that he/she is 9 weeks tomorrow and still not fully feathered out.
All of mine are barnyard mixes. This one came from a light brown egg. I'm assuming she/he is an EE with his big ole muffs and beard. In the beggining I swore it was a hen, in the last week I've settled on roo. Any help would be gratefully appreciated and I would