I'll have to disagree here. We ordered 24 chickens, 1 roo 23 hens. Half of the flock already have combs like them. I also ordered Dominique specifically not barred rock. Her stripes are much more defined and vivid than a barred rock.
I think so! Look what I found.
I think we found out! Check out the pics I posted above.Wyandottes have rose combs. Yours have single combs. In other words, I have no idea what you have there. I know they're splash, but splash of what breed? Idk.
id they have leg bands on the chicks? I was just looking at their website and saw that they will put different colored leg bands on rare breeds.
No leg bands. We did random assortment of rare breeds.
The Dominique is the only pullet in this image.
I dont understand then. Half of the chickens already have large combs. We ordered 1 roo and 23 hens. I just cant imagine they made that many mistakes.... never had an oops from them over the years. Meyer hatchery.
I agree, it's too early to condemn half/all of the flock as cockerels, I had read (and observed) that trying to sex by comb size/color alone is too iffy. At 11 weeks, you should start to see adult plumage patterns soon, depending on when they completely finished feathering out into their juvenile feathers. e.g., if they took a full 8 weeks to fully feather out, they should just be starting. If their heads were completely feathered by 6 weeks, you're seeing some adult feathers already.
Thanks for this. I just chatted with Meyer and they said basically the same thing. I've had plenty of hens over the years but this is our first rooster. We ordered 1 buff orpington rooster and he is really acting like a male. He already crows a bit here and there. So far no others have any rooster tendencies (except our 3 year old RIR who was the head gal for years lol). We will see. For what it's worth they have never sent us a roo on accident out of several orders.
