what breed/gender?

[jwest]

howdy. we've never had chickens before and recently got given 2 chicks. they're 8 - 9 weeks old, and i figure they're some kind of leghorn variant, but am not sure. and i wouldnt have a clue as to gender. i'd love some opinions...

also, was wondering what people do when they find out they have a rooster? we're in a city so we cant keep them.

thanks,

jack

 

[jenjscott]

at 8 to 9 weeks, I'm going to guess 2 roosters, but I'm no expert, I'm sure there will be others along.

 

[WilczenskiFarm]

Ditto - not an expert (yet) - 2 roosters. All my girls didn't have such big and red comb at 8 to 9 weeks.

 

[gritsar]

One with the black markings a delaware maybe? The other seems a little chunky for a leghorn, but fits otherwise as far as I know. I agree, two roos.
Can't have a rooster? Some folks grow them out until they are of a size to butcher. Others advertise them on Craigslist or the like for sale or free - free will get you a better shot of re-homing them, although they might end up in someone's stew pot.

 

[BantyRooster]

Looks like a Columbian rock and a white rock. Both looks like roosters.

 

[sloallie10]

ya and i would still say hen, big combs (lots of layers have big combs), but there body shape is sooo henlihious.




And they both have white legs, so that puts out rocks...

 

[Goose and Fig]

I'm thinking cornish x rocks- going by their shape. Both look like hens right now- the cornish crosses develop quickly, and that might account for the red combs. However- I have seen cornish roos & hens that are very similar.

 

[smarsh]

yeah, too much dark for delaware. likely columbian or light sussex. i hope otherwise, but i say roos. you can eat them; of course fried chicken and fried Bart are not quite the same.

 

[Hollywood Chickens]

they have hen feathering and body shape, but I am 100% sure that they are hens or roosters wait a bit if they are roosters then they will crow soon.
I live in a city and my father drove our roosters out to a tree farm's and a horse stables and let them loose (we had 9 roosters to get rid of).

 

[ChickenWisperer]

Definately roosters. Hens wouldn't have that kind of comb developement at 8 weeks.

I would say white sussex or orpington and light sussex.