When can you tell if you have any roo's?

Finnie · May 23, 2020

Simimaus said:
I found this online. Haven’t tried it yet
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This is interesting. I’m going to have to check it against my brooder chicks and see if it works with mine.

katy5 · May 23, 2020

mom and dad

katy5 · May 23, 2020

yr old roo

katy5 · May 23, 2020

left and right yr old roo brothers, middle hen that helped raise them.

Simimaus · May 23, 2020

Finnie said:
This is interesting. I’m going to have to check it against my brooder chicks and see if it works with mine.

Let me know how it goes

Sea Wolf · May 24, 2020

I currently have a batch of ayam cemani chicks. Can't go by comb color. LOL. I have to look for hackle feathers and that first pathetic attempt at crowing.

bluemtnwmn · May 24, 2020

Simimaus said:
I found this online. Haven’t tried it yet
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From my own research I noticed that this is only possible for certain breeds days 0-3ish. Any older and it's too late! I only know because I wanted to use it for mine but they didn't arrive until day 3 and I didn't see this until about day 10.

wkshaddon · May 25, 2020

Victoria-nola said:
I've kept chickens for 12 years or so now, and recently ordered 10 pullets and 1 turned out to be a roo. The company said, there is only 90% accuracy in the all-pullet order, and that was true in our case. You've gotten plenty of advice here, but I want to add something else. A couple of the girls in our most recent order acted more boldly than the others, so if I had decided when they were all young that I would get rid of the "roos" early, I would have been tossing out a couple of girls as well. There is a range of behaviors in young chicks, and those behaviors can vary with breeds, so I strongly advise against using behavior to make any decisions. Also, there is a range of how early combs come in, and it's not always reliable. Wait until they are older and you can definitely tell.