The Front Porch Swing

[TexasLisa]

Blooie, I am going to say Daphne also. I am not seeing curled feathers on the tail or saddle feathers.

Lisa

 

[Blooie]

Katie just left here. I was looking at these posts and she said, "Is that Daphne?" "Yep, it is, Bug. My friends are helping me figure out if she's a boy or a girl." She looked at the pictures and then giggled. "Well, I think she looks like a sick bald eagle." <sigh> Go home, Katie!

 

[Windy Bay Farm]

I totally forgot to post these pics of Daphne/Daniel. Between matching bookends. Teehee Are those hackle feathers actually pointed or do they look like that because of the penciling? She simply will not tolerate being held. She's 18 weeks old. I don't see anything that really says "roo" but I admit that one day I look at her and see a him, the next day a she. Thanks for your help!

Daphne, for sure !

 

[chickenboy190]

hi

 

[Loc20chick]

hi

hi, where have you been?

 

[lazy gardener]

Hi back at you, and good night. Long day, long week ahead, then, finally, i get some time off next week if all goes according to plan! I hope you're all well. 90* here today. way too hot for my taste. Planted some more zucchini, cukes, and my first try at cilantro yesterday. It should jump out of the ground with this heat... if it doesn't bake first!

 

[lovingmyhens]

hi

Hey stranger!!

 

[Tomtommom]

That's a Daphne, Blooie. Rounded tail, rounded body, comb/wattles would be much larger and redder at this age.


This is Foghorn, he's 17 weeks old.



Need I say more?

I'm at a loss with my barred rocks... Some have long narrow tail feathers like a cockerel, but the combs/wattles of a pullet and the body says pullet too... but if you touch that one it jumps like a cockerel.





And these black things? I don't even know WHAT they are. It's a like a Jersey Giant had an affaire with a Sumatra. One has a black comb

I do have to show off my little ones. Two splash Marans and two Easter eggers. Not sure if we've got ladies or gents here. I think the marans are ladies, they're about 12 weeks old. The other two are 8 weeks old.





And the broody sitting on 6 eggs. Due on the 11th or so.

 

[MistyMountain]

That's a Daphne, Blooie. Rounded tail, rounded body, comb/wattles would be much larger and redder at this age.


This is Foghorn, he's 17 weeks old.



Need I say more?

Those leghorns have some massive combs, don't they? I ended up with NINE packing peanut leghorns in my last order. Ten weeks old tomorrow, one is crowing. It was pretty clear which one is was, too. The reddest biggest comb and waddles out there. Pretty impressive, to be honest. If I were in the market for another rooster, I just might want to keep him. But, nah, all twelve are destined for freezer camp.


Daphne is beautiful, Blooie!

 

[Blooie]

Ooh, you have such a lovely chicken family! Loved the description of the black ones. EEs are tricky to sex - hence the 2000 plus posts on the Easter Egger sexing thread. "This color is always a hen - no, this color is never a hen....all hens have a single comb - no, here's a hen with a three row comb who's been laying for months now". For every positive rule there's an exception.