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[RedIII]

it's probably close to 10 - 11 weeks old.... (got it the very last of march) and see, I have another bantam cochin that I know is a rooster, just by how it acts, but this one seems a lot more poofy, and seems to sit lower to the ground than the roo.... I had no doubt in my mind that it was a pullet.... but she runs around and challenges the roosters, and is quite bossy.... and I don't know for certain, but I think she tried crowing this morning (I wasn't looking directly at her, and when I turned, the other bantam picked a fight with her)... sooo... yeah, I guess I'm just going to have to watch a bit closer...

Sounds like a roo, but one that isn't dominant. They will act like that sometimes to avoid having their fanny kicked by the head roo :/ Sorry.

Save this one for a future contest!

X2! These pictures are lovely! And congrats on the new babies

I am glad there is hope for some of these guys, hope they all make it!

Me too. I just checked them, and the little one with the broken egg is much more lively now. Still in the egg, but it looked like it still had some blood to absorb in the membrane. I gave it a wet blankey to help. I have another pip, too Yaaay, my lone baby won't be so alone!

 

[bitsyhorse]

10-11 weeks old? I have no doubt it is a rooster. The tail...already curling, yup he is a boy. Never seen a hen that developed in comb and wattles at that tender age, sorry for the bad news, don' shoot the messenger

wow... don't be sending me to Vegas to gamble anytime soon! the 3 bantams I choose out of the bantam bin, and all 3 are roosters... as well as a silkie that I got from Iluv....

I give up.... maybe I should just get ducks.... they don't crow lol!

 

[Cynthia12]

bitsy.... thinking roo..... sorry......

Here is my little cochin..LF actually...at around 4 months.



LF are slow growing. Hoping she will make a good broody next yr..not before! She will be able to lay on a lot of eggs.

 

[bitsyhorse]

bitsy.... thinking roo..... sorry......

Here is my little cochin..LF actually...at around 4 months.



LF are slow growing. Hoping she will make a good broody next yr..not before! She will be able to lay on a lot of eggs.

Wow, she's beautiful! (what is LF?)

edit: googled LF cochin, and came up with Large fowl cochin, is that correct?

 

[Cynthia12]

Large Fowl..she isn't a bantam.
And, thank you!!

 

[abkoldewyn]

wow... don't be sending me to Vegas to gamble anytime soon!  the 3 bantams I choose out of the bantam bin, and all 3 are roosters... as well as a silkie that I got from Iluv....      I give up.... maybe I should just get ducks.... they don't crow lol!

Sorry Bitzyhorse! I'm pretty sure that out of my five bantams, four of them are roos. I know for sure that our frizzle is because he tells us how tough he every morning. . One of my silkies follows him almost like a baby chick following mama. She also sits lower, doesn't have much of a comb at all and stays away from all the chest bumping.
The others that I'm wondering about still stay kind of close to Mr. Toughguy, but not as devotedly. Will other young roos normally follow the most dominate?

 

[bitsyhorse]

alright, well, since I'm already sending 3 roosters to my sister (I still don't think that's the best idea, I don't think she knows what she's getting into....) Would anyone like to trade a rooster for a hen???

 

[sundancenbare]

New pics.

very pretty babies

 

[sundancenbare]

Hatch update: Looks like half of the eggs in the incubator died, but I still have a couple that are alive. I had given three eggs to a broody a few days ago, as she's been sitting on duds. She abandoned them, I gave them to a hen with chicks, another hen came in and kicked them out of the nest and cracked to eggs. Went to check those this morning and found one broken egg with a live, cold chick shrink wrapped inside. Grabbed that egg, moistened it and stuck it in the bator. One other egg was alive and had pipped internally; I could feel it beating against the shell kind of frantically. Knocked a tiny hole into the big end where the air sac was and put it in the bator, as well. I'm hoping I saved these chicks.

good thinking

 

[PoultryPedia]

Quote: You can also get No-Crow Rooster Collars if you want to keep the roosters. I think Cynthia may have tried one of these collars, so maybe she has some experience she can share.