Wrong in which way? Did they turn out to be hens or roosters?Based on comb size and coloring I also would bet on 2&3 being boys, but it’s very early yet, so I wouldn’t bet a lot. I had marked mine this spring at about That age what my guesses were and I was wrong on at least three of twelve.
Lol! Both!! It was for sure one that I was positive was a boy turned out to be a girl, one that I was positive was a girl turned out to be a boy, and I know there was at least one more wrong And I think it was one that I thought was boy was actually a girl. Of 12 chicks that I hatched only 4 were boys this round
so I think the numbers game got me somewhat.
Lots of breeds have rose combs.1. I say Plymouth because of the barring, unless they had other breeds in the Barred variety.
2. Has a rose comb so I believe part Wyandotte, probably part Cochin because of the feathered legs but this makes me think they have a barred Cochin cause this little ones barred
3+ some have rose combs like a Wyandotte, other are hard to see, I see no feathered leg so likely no Cochin in here, none of these chicks have beards so at the very least the parent birds have either no beard (like Cochin/Wyandotte or bad EE/OE) or the OE/EE parents only had one gene for beard and you got unlucky :/did you hatch them? Were any eggs blue/green/olive? I don't see any of the fun EE/OE colors or leakage although depending on which one the rooster was, black can be a pretty strong gene sometimes
I think those ones are probably cockerels due to comb size and redness :'(
I got mine from a farm store. I am driving myself crazy trying to guess. I have all different breeds. I have one barred rock that got his comb and wattles early, so I was hoping he was the only rooster, but now I am not so sure. I have watched numerous videos showing how to tell the difference by comb, wattles, tail feathers, wing feathers, etc, but then they all look like roosters. My birds are 7.5 weeks old and most of them I still can’t tell. I have 29 birds. I am hoping not to have too many roosters as I don’t know what I will do with them.Lol! Both!! It was for sure one that I was positive was a boy turned out to be a girl, one that I was positive was a girl turned out to be a boy, and I know there was at least one more wrong And I think it was one that I thought was boy was actually a girl. Of 12 chicks that I hatched only 4 were boys this round
Well at 7.5 weeks you don’t have too much longer to wait to see for sure what they are. By 12 weeks it usually is pretty obvious. As for what to do with extra Roos: i send mine to freezer camp Where they learn how to become good table chickens.
I keep hoping everyday I will know for sure. Some combs look a little bigger, some a little redder, I’m just not seeing wattles really.
. Just poking fun, I really don't care. I do the same thing with my new flock. I'm 99.9% sure I have all pullets, but a couple of times, I think I talked myself into seeing all roosters. Patience is a pita. I'm not good at sexing so this was a useless post by me.
