got this batch as "rhodebarrs" from an ebay auction.
at hatchout I had 3 chipmonk striped pullets
and 3 red with white head spot cockerelles....
rhodebarrs being autosexing by color...
now at almost 12 weeks im doubting lol.
my 3 chipmonk striped seem to be sticking to their female gender identity...
and 1 of my boys seems to have decided to be a boy...
but the other 2 boys seem to be confused or undecided...and possibly not rhodebars.
my rhodebar girls look like they are supposed to...my rhodebarr defiant roo looks like hes supposed to...but the 2 confused don't look like rhodebars anymore lol.
theres "pecky" a dark mahogany with black and white spots that looks more like a speckled Sussex mix...
and "red" whos a bright red who looks like a barred orphington...
this is "big boy" the one im very certain is a roo, hes very boyish, he likes to round up all the others and keep everyone in check...though he has NOT started crowing yet...
This is Pecky...
And This is red (im kinda hoping red is a girl cause this is such a sweet chicken!
the ones directly behind red are my girlies...and peckies comb looks exactly like reds which looks like the girlies...
these pics are about a week and a half-2 weeks old...pecky and reds combs and wattles are unchanged and don't seem to be getting bigger or brighter.
no one has seemed to mke any attempts at crowing this far (least none that ive heard...)
would love thoughts on this one...im pretty certain pecky and red are not multi gen rhodebars, but that matters a little less to me than knowing if ive got extra roos or not...
(they are now outdoors in their new coop btw, please excuse the yucky brooder this is a day before we moved them out and I didn't bother cleaning it.
at hatchout I had 3 chipmonk striped pullets
and 3 red with white head spot cockerelles....
rhodebarrs being autosexing by color...
now at almost 12 weeks im doubting lol.
my 3 chipmonk striped seem to be sticking to their female gender identity...
and 1 of my boys seems to have decided to be a boy...
but the other 2 boys seem to be confused or undecided...and possibly not rhodebars.
my rhodebar girls look like they are supposed to...my rhodebarr defiant roo looks like hes supposed to...but the 2 confused don't look like rhodebars anymore lol.
theres "pecky" a dark mahogany with black and white spots that looks more like a speckled Sussex mix...
and "red" whos a bright red who looks like a barred orphington...
this is "big boy" the one im very certain is a roo, hes very boyish, he likes to round up all the others and keep everyone in check...though he has NOT started crowing yet...
This is Pecky...
And This is red (im kinda hoping red is a girl cause this is such a sweet chicken!
the ones directly behind red are my girlies...and peckies comb looks exactly like reds which looks like the girlies...
these pics are about a week and a half-2 weeks old...pecky and reds combs and wattles are unchanged and don't seem to be getting bigger or brighter.
no one has seemed to mke any attempts at crowing this far (least none that ive heard...)
would love thoughts on this one...im pretty certain pecky and red are not multi gen rhodebars, but that matters a little less to me than knowing if ive got extra roos or not...
(they are now outdoors in their new coop btw, please excuse the yucky brooder this is a day before we moved them out and I didn't bother cleaning it.
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