Pullet or Rooster?

[Lis86]

Update - we have 3 normal eggs and 1 soft shell egg. Does that settle it? 4 eggs = 4 girls? The Soft shell one must have been Olivia overnight because I know the 3 others were from my 3 already laying hens.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

Update - we have 3 normal eggs and 1 soft shell egg. Does that settle it? 4 eggs = 4 girls? The Soft shell one must have been Olivia overnight because I know the 3 others were from my 3 already laying hens.

Wouldn't be surprised. Soft shelled eggs are common in new layers. Keep a watch on her, I think it probably was her as I'm still confident she's a pullet.

 

[TheAlrightyGina]

I was using THEY since its a gender undecided

I know it's odd, but you still use plural verb conjugation with singular they. Unless you're Southern. I can say that cause I am.

 

[Jdsaviary]

That looks like a pullet to me with nice, fat, rounded feathers on her saddle and hackle area.

One of our Orpington pullets crowed until she started to lay eggs, then she stopped.

I also have a bantam who will crow to her flock if separated from them.

Same, once we had a pair of bantams and the rooster suddenly past away. The hen start crowing and all of our hens during melting season crow. I think it has something to do with there hormones

 

[Amandakay]

Hi everyone, I'm new to raising chickens and was told I had bought 4 girls, however I'm suspicious one may be a rooster. 'She' has recently started crowing (21 weeks old). Can anyone help by looking at this photo from a couple of weeks ago.

I’m going to say Olivia is a beautiful pullet

 

[bill3607]

I was using THEY since its a gender undecided

I get that, but you asked about "do" or "does" oh, never mind.

 

[bill3607]

I know it's odd, but you still use plural verb conjugation with singular they. Unless you're Southern. I can say that cause I am.

Hey! I resemble that remark

 

[orrpeople]

I have a CL girl (and many roosters) who enjoys putting herself on a low branch of one of our toyon bushes to crow - and crow - until she's good and ready to hop down. She didn't start this behavior until she was about 3 years old. It's not a "normal" crow sound, but she's definitely practicing!

 

[HappyClucker7]

I'm 100% certain that Olivia is a girl.

 

[Mylied]

Not to throw a wrench in things because I do believe Olivia is a pullet but my silkie laid a soft shell egg and a regular egg in the same day. She is in a pen with just a rooster so I know it was her. She's a fairly new layer.