Pullets or Roos? UPDATED PICS-Post 25, Pg 3. Pic Heavy

[Jschaaff]

Help!? Anyone other guesses? I think I will try and keep them a couple weeks longer, but I know I can't keep them the full 12 weeks it would probably take to be sure.

Thanks!
Jessa

 

[annageckos]

My guesses are

A- Roo, though I want to say pullet, but that comb is pink in that photo.
B- Pullet. If one of the parents was a sex link it will not breed over into the young. You need to use particular breeds and colors to make a sex link.
C- Roo
D- Roo
E- Roo
F- Pullet
G- Pullet. Because the comb is more of a yellowish pink in the photos, and the darker color. I don't know if going by color will hold true in a mixed bird, but females are normally darker and males lighter in barred rocks.

You won't start to see hackle and saddle feathers yet, they start coming in around 10-12 weeks, I think. Someone please correct me if I am wrong.

 

[hdowden]

mine had hackle feathers around 6-8 weeks and still doesnt have saddle feathers yet

 

[Jschaaff]

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I was not certain what hackle feathers were so I googled it...but I'm still too confused by it. If I went by Evelyns very round hackle feathers...then she would be a girl...if I go by her really pink pea comb at only 6 weeks then she is a...He. *sigh* And they're all still way too young for saddle feathers.

I'm just going to keep them all as long as I possibly can, and will hopefully be able to tell before they out-grow, their grow-out pen. I'll post pictures in another month, when they're 10 weeks and see what people think.


Thanks for all the help everyone.