Roo or not

[lgkid]

Help please !!
I am not allowed to keep roo's in my area , and I will have 2 very upset kids if their chickens have to go
They have both just turned 11weeks old

 

[vehve]

I'd say pullets. The combs aren't too big, and not really red at all, and from those pictures at least, not beginnings of spurs visible.

 

[lgkid]

Thank you , I hope so

 

[XxMingirlxX]

What breed is it, comb growth differs in different breeds

 

[lgkid]

Not entirely sure , they we from a hatching program at my daughters school. They company said they were from cross breed Ida Brown x leghorn x australorp

 

[lgkid]

No the combs are not red at all, more like a yellow orange and no Spurs that I can feel

 

[sammy56]

I have brought a new rooster about
four months old and when I
brought him I saw he had a really
tiny long string and when I opend
the string he was hurt there was a
mark of the string he was nearly
bleeding so what home made
medicin can I put on his leg

 

[islandgirl82]

They both look like pullets to me. I know they're still young but the hackle feathers (those around the neck) are rounded on the tips as they are on a pullet not long, thin and pointy like a cockerel. Also, you can check for the start of saddle feathers. Those will start growing between the wings and down to the base of the tail. When the saddle feathers grow out, they will be long, thin and pointy like the hackle feathers and they will drape down either side of the male. A cockerel/rooster's tail feather (sickle) will also be long and curved, unlike a pullet who will have shorter, straight tail feathers.

 

[islandgirl82]

I have brought a new rooster about
four months old and when I
brought him I saw he had a really
tiny long string and when I opend
the string he was hurt there was a
mark of the string he was nearly
bleeding so what home made
medicin can I put on his leg

If his skin wasn't broken and there's no blood, he should be fine with just some rest but you can still wash the area with warm water, keep him inside until he's completely dry and you can apply an antibiotic ointment to the area, like Neosporin.

 

[sammy56]

Thanks