ugly thing with no feathers!!

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

In my experience the roosters always grow slower than hens...most of the time.

 

[crazy chook]

How do I know if they are male of female? I just can't tell with these birds.

I usually only breed bantam frizzles, pekin which I find easy to sex, I sometimes have bantam silkies too which are a little harder to work out but these guys I just don't know.

I have some large chooks that I was given as eggs to hatch for my dad and ya know I look at them and they are so much bigger and I get all unsure of their sex too....

Thanks everyone for all your knowledge and If I can get any better shots of the large chickens I will post them.

 

[shellybean40]

I had one that was born with huge bald patches!! He never really got his feathers all in. I gave him away to a farm that wanted roosters, so he went with 2 of his brothers. They did not seem to care that he was somewhat bald. Poor baby.

 

[Silkie Sue]

i agree that he probably needs to grow into his feathers

you know what they say about the ugly ducklings....