roosters or hens???

[DTchickens]

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[DDRanch]

They are quite beautiful though. Sorry you didn't get more hens.

 

[gritsar]

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I agree!

 

[rufus]

I don't know how it is at the feed store where you bought the chicks, but the one we deal with gets kind of testy if you try to sex the chicks. As if we really know how!

I wish I could come up with a way to sex the eggs. Hens to the incubator and rooster eggs to the skillet.

Rufus

 

[Alpha Roo]

I've never been able to tell from just photos or looks. I have some that look very similar to yours that lay eggs and don't crow. I think maybe the only way to know for sure

 

[FisherMOM]

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lots of green feathers in the tail is a dead give away. so are saddle feathers. In the rooster, they are small long feathers near the tail... almost looks like hair.

Pullets tend to have rounded tail feathers.. roosters are more pointy.

also... roosters have thicker legs.

then there is the waddle and comb. If they are large and have the tail feather thing going on.. most likelt is a rooster. You will learn, I have. Out of 3 pullets, 2 ended up being rooster. grrrr.

 

[pdsavage]

Well if you want a better way to tell order sex-link pullets.

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Sex-links/BRKSexLink.html