Those are totally girl noises. I have 4 hens and 4 roosters and only the girls make those noises. I have my main breeding rooster Whiney and 3 extra boys 2 black and 1 blue. I could be wrong but those noises that were being made comes from all 4 of my hens. We'll just have to wait and see. Do you ever plan on breeding chickens?
It is alittle hard to tell even at that age because she doesn't have all of her tail feathers. Even the way the tail is now I think girl because the saddle feathers are rounded and not straight. Have you seen my pics of my splash Sumatra hen? I don't think I have any of her at that age so you could compare and for birdieandfifi to compare. I'll look and see if I have any but I'm pretty sure I don't.
How many sumatra's do you have and do you breed them? I love the breed and only have a breeding trio of blue,black and splash. Do you sometimes sell hatching eggs or chicks?Chicken math suddenly stirs within me.....Feeling the need to expand my Sumatra collection.
~Alex
Yeah she’s a talkative girl! And I agree. I do believe they are girl noises. My roo makes completely different clucking and he’s not as chatty as Birdie. I went to install their new coop feeder last night and it was dark so they were already sleeping and I hear Birdie doing the same talking noises but quietly since she was sleeping. Lol
I posted her on another thread since i thought this one died and everyone said pullet. Including a Sumatra breeder of 15 years who told me for months she also thought Birdie was a roo so I’m just telling myself she is a she lol. Birdie is a masculine bird I know, and I think it’s harder to sex her with her being a hatchery chick plus being splash.
I think sumatras are just harder to sex than most breeds until their older. Blue sumatras are alittle easier because the boys come in a solid color and most of the girls have lacing on their feathers. I think splash wold be the harder color to sex but also black. I think another way to do it to would be the comb because the boys do have combs and the girls dont really. I think what throws most people off in thinking that Birdie is a boy is the tail at that age because those side tail feathers are curled but all sumatras that I have had their tails do that. I'm still 90% positive it's a girl.
She’s a girl! I figured she was too young to lay so I haven’t been checking in her coop except when I clean it. Well this afternoon I saw an egg next to the silkie by the feeder which is downstairs in their run. The silkie is like 4 months old...must be Birdie! Looked in the coop and sure enough there was 4 more! Couldn’t believe it. I thought she was too young to lay. So I moved the cardboard boxes I had blocking the nesting boxes. My coop has 3 nesting boxes and I unblocked them all. Hopefully she uses them to lay eggs in instead of using them as condos to sleep and poop in like I think she will lol.
Thanks! She’s been laying once a day. I’m guessing aside from going broody at some point she’ll also take a break eventually right? I’ve always heard they’re not the best layers
