golddustmommy
Songster
I come here too frequently, hoping one of these weeks they will not be "too young to tell" LOL I'm so paranoid that I'll get roos because we can't keep them in my town if we do. I tried to get as many pics as possible. Somehow, I only managed to end up with one of Charlie, but I think you can see enough to tell...if you can tell. They are all 7 weeks. I got them all at the local feed store when they were 2 about 2 weeks, they were all supposed to be girls.
Alex took longer than Sheriff to feather in (was bald for a while) - both are BJGs - but has had large tail feathers for a while, which makes me worry.
Charlie is super friendly. She jumps right up on you if you put your arm out, or if you are squatting down.
I'm ok calling claire a girl. She's indifferent on the social front, and hasn't given me any boy signs lol
Not having anything to do with sex, I love that Ellen has both gold and silver lace
This may or may not be a sign of something, but I like it lol
Jo is pretty anti-social, but otherwise strikes me as a girl.
Meg's comb has always been more pronounced than anyone, and starting turning red about 2-3 weeks ago. But she didn't have much on the wattle front until this past week. But the early onset of red had me worried.
Nugget was a runt, and took about 2 weeks longer than everyone else to get feathers; and is also the least social, HATING to be held. He (I've always called this one a he) also likes to start fights with the others, but I wasn't sure if that could just be because he's so small (though catching up) and didn't want to get picked on.
Rowena is also very friendly.
Sheriff goes back and forth for me. He's (also always called a he) has this interesting 1 syllable squawk that started recently, but it's NOT a rooster crow. no cock, doodle, or do lol just a weird squawk. I tried recording it to post here, but I can't find a program to read my phone's audio file :/ He's always been the "boss" of the group, as he was the biggest for a long time (recently Alex got bigger). He and Alex frequently go chest to chest. But he has the yellowest, smallest comb and wattle of all of them! So I'm holding out hope LOL
None of them have any pronounced spurs. And most of their legs are about the same size.
OH! also, all of the yellow ones are supposed to be Red Star - so sex linked - but out of all the pictures I've seen of red star pullets, they are all darker than mine were when we got them ... but mine were darker than pictures of boy red stars. So I'm thinking they are not actually red stars. If anyone has any idea on breed for them, that would be great!
Alex took longer than Sheriff to feather in (was bald for a while) - both are BJGs - but has had large tail feathers for a while, which makes me worry.
Charlie is super friendly. She jumps right up on you if you put your arm out, or if you are squatting down.
I'm ok calling claire a girl. She's indifferent on the social front, and hasn't given me any boy signs lol
Not having anything to do with sex, I love that Ellen has both gold and silver lace
This may or may not be a sign of something, but I like it lol
Jo is pretty anti-social, but otherwise strikes me as a girl.
Meg's comb has always been more pronounced than anyone, and starting turning red about 2-3 weeks ago. But she didn't have much on the wattle front until this past week. But the early onset of red had me worried.
Nugget was a runt, and took about 2 weeks longer than everyone else to get feathers; and is also the least social, HATING to be held. He (I've always called this one a he) also likes to start fights with the others, but I wasn't sure if that could just be because he's so small (though catching up) and didn't want to get picked on.
Rowena is also very friendly.
Sheriff goes back and forth for me. He's (also always called a he) has this interesting 1 syllable squawk that started recently, but it's NOT a rooster crow. no cock, doodle, or do lol just a weird squawk. I tried recording it to post here, but I can't find a program to read my phone's audio file :/ He's always been the "boss" of the group, as he was the biggest for a long time (recently Alex got bigger). He and Alex frequently go chest to chest. But he has the yellowest, smallest comb and wattle of all of them! So I'm holding out hope LOL
None of them have any pronounced spurs. And most of their legs are about the same size.
OH! also, all of the yellow ones are supposed to be Red Star - so sex linked - but out of all the pictures I've seen of red star pullets, they are all darker than mine were when we got them ... but mine were darker than pictures of boy red stars. So I'm thinking they are not actually red stars. If anyone has any idea on breed for them, that would be great!
