Pullet or cockeral ?

[klf73]

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I like to know so I can decide who is staying. I have some breeds/lines that I don't want to keep any cockerals from

. Also, I think some want to know if it is a cockeral because they can't have them and it stinks to have to get rid of something you have grown attached to. I have a black rumpless/slightly tufted araucana. I was planning on not keeing any cockerals because I have a lav project cockeral for the girls. He is the only bird that comes to see me EVERY time I open the brooder, such a character, so *he* will be staying regardless......

 

[Sierra pachie bars]

Reason I want to be sure is because I don't want my kids to get any more attached. We are not allowed to have Roo's in my area. I know kids are already attached but I had already told them if this isn't a pullet it has to go. I just want to early on kinda know so I can prepare. I hatched this baby and is only one I kept from that group. If you have kids you know how fast they get attached.

 

[onthespot]

Oh, KIDS!!! why didn't you say so, LOL, in that case, too bad we couldn't know before the ever hit the incubator... Just tell them it's a roo now, and if it turns out to be a girl, they will be ecstatic! Okay, so you can have a clear consience, I'm calling roo! (You can tell them I said so. Since they are kids that still works.

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[klf73]

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yep, I have 6

. They are now not allowed to really play with them unfortunately, on a regular basis. I was hatching wayyy too many roos.....my 5yo was the worst. I let them handle them but not often enough to be able to tell specific ones from each other