Please NO roos! **Pics added**

[havi]

Okay, Im totally obessing on weither my chicks are roos or not. I ordered 2 RIR's pullets and 2 BO's pullets from Ideal. Then I went to the feed store and bought 2 EE's pullets. I know they say theres a 95%(? I think thats the %) that they are sexed right. But the more I handle them the more I think they may be roos.

B/c the two EE's have no combs what so ever. They are completly flat. Where as the 2 RIR's and BO's have little combs already. They are all 3 weeks old. I only have a camera phone to take pictures, so they(the combs) dont show up too well in the pictures. But I will try to take pictures and post some later.


And what are the odds of me ordering 4 pullets from Ideal and them ALL being males? I basically just want to see what you opinions are..

 

[havi]

My pictures did not turn out so well. I looked online and these are basically what mine look like. Well their combs that is..

 

[donnap1967]

I am by no means an expert but all my babies have combs. One has a much larger and redder one than the other two. I am pretty certain he is a roo. They are four weeks old now so it's getting easier to tell.

I google searched BO and RIR pullets and they all have combs. Even the EE pictures that I saw had combs on pullets only very small ones.

How old are your babies? I know it's very hard to tell when they are young and it's a wait and see kinda thing.

 

[havi]

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The 2 RIR's and BO's are three weeks old today and the 2 EE's are 3 weeks old tomorrow. Im so paranoid that they may be roos, b/c I CANNOT have any roos where I live and I dont want to give up any of my babies!

 

[chcknrs]

Hens do have combs, they just don't grow as big as a roo's. Don't panic, just wait and see. My Leghorns are five weeks old, and I definitely know I have two roo's. One of my RIR's might be a roo, not sure yet. But the Leghorns are straight run, all others are pullets (so far).

 

[donnap1967]

In another week or so you should be able to tell more. I know my roo is four weeks old now and his comb is getting pretty red.

Don't get too worried. They are probably pullets. Just wait and see.

 

[havi]

Thanks guys! I just get so worried that they may be roos. Ive gotten sooo attached to my babies(cant say the same for them) that I would hate to see any leave! The bigger they get the more I pray that are all pullets!

 

[whatnow?]

They look just like my pullets did at that age. They have a fairly pronounced comb.

 

[Featherland]

EE"S have pea combs. They look entirely different from RIR and BO combs. Yours all look like pullets to me.

 

[arlee453]

Look like all girls to me. EEs generally have a pea-comb, which starts off as not much more than a little bump over the top of the beak.

The other two breeds have single combs, which start out as a little ridgy comb, just like you see in the pics.

Girls and boys both have combs - it's just the males are usually larger in most breeds - but girls start growing them early too.

Now, around 6 wks if when you compare the same breed to each other and you see one with a huge red comb compared to the others....THAT'S when you can start worrying that you may have a roolet!