When will I be able to tell if my Leghorn pullets are all pullets?PICS

[tiki244]

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All my chicks stand like that when there trying to see me over the brooder walls. And there all suppose to be females? I think the chicks in the pics look like girls to me. Stormy

Yep Stormy I am wrong about the stance. But there still might be some cockerels. Really its hard to be sure until they get a bit older.

 

[tiki244]

Thank Goodness they are leghorns and not silkies. You would be waiting a looooooong time to genderize the silkies.

 

[Mahonri]

You'll know for certain when you either hear "her" crow or when "he" lays an egg.

 

[CovenantCreek]

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Most of them are supposed to be sold as organic-ly started pullets -- crowing would be bad. lol I'm only planning on keeping a half dozen or so for some white eggs.

 

[ArizonaDesertChicks]

Here's a link that has photos of a leghorn cockerel's growth each week from 1 day old - 6 weeks old. The link takes you to the 5 week old picture, but if you click on the smaller photos to the right, you can see the previous weeks also. You can compare the 4 week and the 5 week old photos to your chicks since yours are about that age. Hope this helps.

http://images.google.com/imgres?img...microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&rlz=1I7GGLF&sa=G

 

[CovenantCreek]

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That definitely settles it, none of mine are Leghorn cockerels. I suppose there's still the possibility that there could be some other breed of white cockerels, but highly doubtful. So, until somebody crows, we're just gonna keep on calling them all girls.

 

[stormylady]

tiki244 I sure don't know a boy from a girl! I was just saying that all mine stand upright like that when there trying to see me over the brooder walls, there so funny! And they are -"suppose" to be girls so I was kinda hoping that standing up tall wasn't just a boy trait, As I only got 2 Ca whites and they both do the same thing! LOL. yep there could have been some boys in there but I couldn't tell one way or the other. Stormy

 

[jossanne]

As far as stance goes, I have a beautiful GLW pullet whom I was sure was a male from her stance and VERY slow feathering. She looked like a boy from the first week. I was so pleased and surprised when I saw a pic of a GLW cockerel comb and wattle development, and it looked nothing like mine.

So I don't trust stance at all for sexing chickens.

 

[tiki244]

I agree with you stormylady the stance like that is with girls too. Especially those leghorns. I wasnt paying close enough attention.

As for instance some silkie boys have a different stance, but that is usually when they are a bit older.

 

[Bacchus]

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Thanks so much for the link! That sure helps me a great deal, as I was unsure whether mine were pullets or cockerels.