I bought 3 silver-laced Wyandottes from 2 different stores, 2 weeks apart (2 on 3/9, 1 on 3/22). As of posting, they're 18 weeks and 16 weeks (no eggs yet). All are supposed to be pullets but I'm not so sure now. 2 have rose combs and look like my silver-laced Wyandotte hen I lost a couple weeks ago but this one doesn't, is this one rooster #7 for me? Or is this a different breed altogether? If not mistaken, this one is 18 weeks now.
1 of 2 that I know are definitely pullets. Sorry about the blurriness, had to crop from another photo.
Next question is on these 2 below. They were sold as Partridge Rock pullets but the comb on one is more pronounced. I got both of them on 4/9 so they're almost 15 weeks. Do I yet again possibly have another rooster? Also are they actually Partridge Rocks? Both stores I bought chicks from this year sold E.E. as Ameraucanas, so it's hard to say.
Roo? Or faster maturing pullet?
Here's my other for comparison (pullet no doubt).
Thanks in advance for your help. 4 years of chickens and I am always learning.
1 of 2 that I know are definitely pullets. Sorry about the blurriness, had to crop from another photo.
Next question is on these 2 below. They were sold as Partridge Rock pullets but the comb on one is more pronounced. I got both of them on 4/9 so they're almost 15 weeks. Do I yet again possibly have another rooster? Also are they actually Partridge Rocks? Both stores I bought chicks from this year sold E.E. as Ameraucanas, so it's hard to say.
Roo? Or faster maturing pullet?
Here's my other for comparison (pullet no doubt).
Thanks in advance for your help. 4 years of chickens and I am always learning.
Sadly to my horror, I arrived home yesterday to find the slw shown above in the first photo on roosting bar dead. She had flown out of the pen over my one dog kennel and right into my lab mix, Brutus' kennel. There was not a puncture mark, no blood to be found on her. It was apparent she had been chased all over the kennel cause feathers were everywhere. After heavily scolding him and taking her body, showing him what he'd done, then scolding him telling him "BAD!" repeatedly, I left her body outside his kennel so he could see what he'd done as I went to prepare her grave. I told him to stay and lay down in front of her. He never left the spot even after I had buried her. Every time I looked over at him, he was in that same spot staring where she had been. We're raising the fence on the dogs side to 7ft to try and prevent this again. I caught same dog as a young pup of 4 months carrying my drake away, he dropped him as soon as I told him to with no harm to the drake. He was not allowed to interact with the chickens and ducks afterwards. We decided to for now keep Brutus since the pullet did go into his pen and feel it's our fault for not raising the fence higher. We've raised him since a newborn. All our other chickens and ducks don't even attempt to fly over the fence, it's like they know better but she is part of my 2019 group and didn't know not to leave the pen. I'm in my 5th year of raising chickens and this was the 1st time I've lost one to any other animal including wildlife.
