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Please Help! 2 weeks old. Is this a roo?

Discussion in 'What Breed Or Gender is This?' started by kmdsparrow, Sep 27, 2010.

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  1. Sep 27, 2010 #1
    kmdsparrow

    kmdsparrow Chillin' With My Peeps

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    I thought I got three females, but I was just told by the custodian in my classroom who used to farm in Guyana, that Penelope is really a roo. Does anyone else believe that is true also? Here's her/his picture?
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  3. Sep 28, 2010 #2
    HorseFeatherz NV

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    Did the custodian say why Penelope is a roo?




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    What breed is chick Penelope?
     
  5. Sep 28, 2010 #3
    Happy Chooks

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    well, he's got a 50/50 chance of being right.

    Looks like an australorp, but it's too early to be certain of sex. Those legs do look thick though, but it could just be the angle of the photo. Another 2 to 3 weeks, it will be easier to tell.
     
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  7. Sep 28, 2010 #4
    SilverPhoenix

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    Too young to say much right now! Unless the custodian has a legit means of sexing chicks (there are many superstitious ideas about sexing chicks, but none are real--otherwise lots of us would be using these methods), I wouldn't worry about it. Chances are still 50/50. Post when the chick is about six weeks old and then we'll have a better idea. [​IMG]
     
  9. Sep 28, 2010 #5
    Illia

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    No. By this age, honestly, it should have some resemblance of a comb coming through, but who knows. . . As others have said, your chances can be 50/50. Some cockerels have smaller or slower growing combs.
     
  11. Sep 28, 2010 #6
    kmdsparrow

    kmdsparrow Chillin' With My Peeps

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    Thanks. I feel better that at least it's not certain that she is a roo. I'll post again at six weeks.
     
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  13. Sep 28, 2010 #7
    billfields

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    I think it's too early to say that with any certainty. S/he barely has wing feathers
     
  15. Sep 29, 2010 #8
    callen

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    if the other chicks were born at the same time then look at the size of the crop if it is bigger than the other chicks it is most probley a roo:cool:
     
  17. Sep 29, 2010 #9
    spikennipper

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    If I had to make a guess at this stage I would say that the chick will also turn into a roo just going by it's broad head and thick neck and it's upright rooish stance, but as others have said it is a little too early to tell for definite! could you possibly post a pic of the other two you have for comparison?
     
  19. Sep 29, 2010 #10
    sheila3935

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    Only going from previous experience Im going to say roo. If she/he is feathering slower than the other 2 its a roo. We had a BA that stood like that all the time. Looked like an ostrich and was slow feathering it was a roo. Now I have a BA that feathered in fast but grew a big comb soon. and he is a roo.
    This is jet he didnt stand as upright but had a comb early this is him 10 days old
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    This is ostrich at about 3 weeks see why we named him this
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