Roo? Pullet?

[Jessezgirl96]

3 chicks I currently have in our brooder ( 2 Araucana and 1 silver laced Wyandotte we
purchased at our local feed store
- 4 weeks old now.
if it wasn’t for bad luck... last year 5/6 of my chicks ended up as Roos. I had to start over- wondering your thoughts on them all - I know they are still young but curiousity is real thanks!!

 

[ashlierami]

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3 chicks I currently have in our brooder ( 2 Araucana and 1 silver laced Wyandotte we
purchased at our local feed store
- 4 weeks old now.
if it wasn’t for bad luck... last year 5/6 of my chicks ended up as Roos. I had to start over- wondering your thoughts on them all - I know they are still young but curiousity is real thanks!!

Looks alittle soon to tell for sure but I'm getting hen vibes on the first 2 and roo off the last one. I'm no expert that's just based on the feeling I get and off the way they appear compared to all the chicks I've raise and guessed their gender right 98 percent of the time. Beautiful birds! Lucky chicken mama!

 

[A_Fowl_Guy]

Too early to tell. Come back at 6-8 weeks

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Way too soon to tell, repost at 8 weeks or so.

Also, your 'araucana' aren't. They're easter eggers. Araucana don't have green legs, and assuming your in the US, they don't have tails either.

eta, and you won't find araucana at a feed store. They're too rare and too expensive.

 

[Jessezgirl96]

Way too soon to tell, repost at 8 weeks or so.

Also, your 'araucana' aren't. They're easter eggers. Araucana don't have green legs, and assuming your in the US, they don't have tails either.

eta, and you won't find araucana at a feed store. They're too rare and too expensive.

THANK YOU! I’m not going crazy!! Being the newbie I am that makes a hell of a lot of sense! Also answers my question about why the 2 have tails and developing so differently -

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

I’m going to say that you have 2 cockerels (the white single conned Easter Egger and the Siver Laced Wyandotte) based on the fact that they aren’t fully feathered in, have thick legs, and such prominent combs at such a young age. The other Easter Egger is a pullet.

 

[Jessezgirl96]

This has been my sad suspicion- is the feathering pattern typical in terms of gender because the dark EE is almost fully feathered-
thanks
It’s really only such an issue because we live in the city and our ordinance is no roosters.
So I may need to add a few more with 2/1 odds - when they are little like this can you mix? New and 4 weeks ?

 

[Jessezgirl96]

This has been my sad suspicion- is the feathering pattern typical in terms of gender because the dark EE is almost fully feathered-
thanks
It’s really only such an issue because we live in the city and our ordinance is no roosters.
So I may need to add a few more with 2/1 odds - when they are little like this can you mix? New and 4 weeks ?

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This has been my sad suspicion- is the feathering pattern typical in terms of gender because the dark EE is almost fully feathered-
thanks
It’s really only such an issue because we live in the city and our ordinance is no roosters.
So I may need to add a few more with 2/1 odds - when they are little like this can you mix? New and 4 weeks ?

@brama chicken5000

 

[Table4Six]

I’m going to say that you have 2 cockerels (the white single conned Easter Egger and the Siver Laced Wyandotte) based on the fact that they aren’t fully feathered in, have thick legs, and such prominent combs at such a young age. The other Easter Egger is a pullet.

Agreed.

 

[Jessezgirl96]

Thoughts on adding younger to the same brooder ... I really need to add another few if this is possibly 2 Roos and 1 pullet- also.. is the feathering pattern in the white EE and the SLW typical to Roos?