So one of my Wyandottes is crowing but they all look the same. Can anyone tell me how to differentiate roosters from hens?

[millerjen]

Are those all the same bird, or 3 different birds? If those are different birds, you may have more than one cockerel on your hands

Those are three different birds. I'm getting very sad

 

[millerjen]

all of them but one I do believe

Need a rooster?????? : )

 

[ariri30]

Which one? or All of them : (

All cockerels. The way you know is the color patterns. They are different on boys and girls

 

[CaliFarmsAR]

Need a rooster?????? : )

No, sorry I just had to get rid of my pet rooster who would sit on my head and he was 8 moths old!!!

 

[millerjen]

I can help with this! I had a similar problem.

This is what you use the colored poultry leg bands for! (Now if you are worried about their effects long term, you can take them off after you figure out what's going on.)

The idea is to get them on just long enough to be able to watch their behavior, and learn which one is doing what. After you've figured this out its like night and day! But when they are all moving around together fast, during the day its hard to figure out who is who and who is doing what. I had this problem with 5 peking ducks that look like clones of each other. I couldn't tell anything about who was who and who was doing what mischief first.

After you learn to distinguish them and their behavior you can take them off.

Also you want to get the colored bands that have more than 2 colors.

Hope this helps.

And others helped me with questions about this about 2 weeks ago, many thanks to them primarily.

PS; there may be some safety issues getting these on and off roosters. Please be careful and use protection.

Thank you! I really appreciate your help. I should have done that before I put them out in their coop.

 

[LaFleche]

This is what a silver laced Wyandotte hen looks like.

Edit: Here are your roosters for comparison:

 

[millerjen]

Mine sort of look like. Their combs are bigger. Two have a bigger tail. One has a short tail.

 

[nao57]

Thank you! I really appreciate your help. I should have done that before I put them out in their coop.

No, no its fine. I get it.

Its confusing figuring them out. And I couldn't do it when they were younger actually. Its a learning process too.

I'm just grateful other people here told me how to fix it too.

 

[Mamatomany123]

All of them are cockerels.

 

[nao57]

All of them are cockerels.

Guess we know what's going to happen now. This is a hard position to be in.