Sitting with a cup of coffee. (coffee lovers)

[ApiaryandAviary]

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The wattles are growing and pink. That is nearly always a boy at 7 weeks. The comb has pink at the bottom too.

Compare to the others at the same age and breed and see how many of them have wattles already.

[COLOR=008080]I agree w/ Ron.  I have had exactly one chick that looked like that at that age and turned out to be a pullet.  In fact, we called her a cockerel until she started showing pullet coloring.[/COLOR]

What breed of chicken? I had several Phoenix and Phoenix Bantam pullets/hens that had the same "look" from that which is viewable. Let me tell you I have had girls with spurs. At first I thought they were young cockerels and I had read Toni Marie Astin had girls with spurs and I had gotten eggs from Aubrey Webb and he had gotten poultry from Toni Marie Astin. My saying when I read it, I want girls with spurs. Turned out I had gotten girls with spurs as eggs that I hatched and raised for a short time and gave away to a friend. We believed them to be male. She just let the go roam and and let them get older with some meat on those bones but that did not happen (putting some meat on those bones) and when she was preparing them one at a time, she discovered an egg in the butchering process! So, good luck.

 

[Chicken Ladies]

Ron,
California is a little far to hop over for the weekend... It takes forever to get out of Texas.

 

[OnlyOrps]

Ron,
California is a little far to hop over for the weekend... It takes forever to get out of Texas.

soooo true! We spent the weekend in Dallas and the return home is like an eternity then suddenly you hit Louisiana state line and it feels like you're making more progress from then on because all the states are so small lol

 

[Chicken Ladies]

Have a great Day

 

[chickisoup]

Happy Monday everyone!
Love the chicken math!
Bamadude-of course you are welcome, no "snobbish" fancy coffee drinkers here! Besides, how can we convert you if you're not here?

Once again referring to chicken math, due to losses, etc. I am down to 2 2yr old red sex-links and 3 1 yr old Aussie girls! I have room in my coop for at least twice that many!!! How could this happen!!!

I really, really, really want a couple blue Aussie girls but don't know how to get hold of any

They are starting to lift some of the restrictions here but the state is still banning most bird shows, swap meets, etc. and I'm not even sure anyone in WI even has blue Aussies anyway. Bummer.

 

[artblueggwanter]

LOL got you, chicken math LOL. 15 black sumatras 2 creamlegbars+3 ameruacanas= all chicks/4 egg laying hens all in down town san diego = uhoh

 

[chickisoup]

Oh, and Bamadude------shhhhhhhh, don't tell anybody but my DH retired in his fifties (they did a great early buyout package for employees with enough years in when they did some downsizing) drumroll please, from THE home plant of MILLER BREWING! It was funny because I was working for a time at the Gardetto snack factory where our primary products were different forms of pretzels. So I made the pretzels and DH made the beer!

 

[saltandpepper2]

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The wattles are growing and pink. That is nearly always a boy at 7 weeks. The comb has pink at the bottom too.

Compare to the others at the same age and breed and see how many of them have wattles already.

[COLOR=008080]I agree w/ Ron.  I have had exactly one chick that looked like that at that age and turned out to be a pullet.  In fact, we called her a cockerel until she started showing pullet coloring.[/COLOR]

That gives me hope! It hasn't progressed in its rooster like apearenence, so I'm staying optimistic!

 

[chickisoup]

I llove Fergus

 

[bamadude]

 

Oh, and Bamadude------shhhhhhhh, don't tell anybody but my DH retired in his fifties (they did a great early buyout package for employees with enough years in when they did some downsizing) drumroll please,  from THE home plant of MILLER BREWING! It was funny because I was working for a time at the Gardetto snack factory where our primary products were different forms of pretzels.   So I made the pretzels and DH made the beer!  

Lol. I could not work at a brewery. It would be like hiring a monkey at a banana factory