white rocks

[mainely-chick]

Got a shipment of White Rocks peeps - hatchery must have sent a lot more than ordered, for temperature, due to the cold spell in New England?? Heard that they add males for warmth?? The added number seems to correspond to a pronounced red stain where their combs will be? Does that signify that they are males or do I need to still wait and see?
Thanks

 

[mudhen]

Hi mainely-chick, welcome to the site!

I'm sure I will be corrected if I'm wrong, but I believe one just has to wait and see unless they know how to sex a chick.

 

[speckledhen]

Red stain? They may have marked them for you. Sometimes they do that.

 

[CarriBrown]

How nice... They marked them! It's my understanding that they sometimes don't!

 

[mainely-chick]

Wow I never would thought of that? I looks natural but I will check with Hatchery? Thanks

 

[mainely-chick]

I have a confirmation from McMurray - for those ordering?
They do mark the extra chicks that they add for warmth
and they are ALL MALES !!

 

[fowlfriends]

Oh well please do let us know how big they end up getting, because I am needing to add some fresh new blood to my group of White Rocks - not yet sure where I will be getting them from.

 

[pueawjapygrta]

mainely-chick, how many did you order, and how many did they send?

 

[mainely-chick]

pueawjapygrta - got 14 extra males on an order of 30 females- excluding rare breed add on.

 

[wolfpack62001]

I had got my chicks last Monday and the males were marked with a green mark, when my wife asked me why they were marked with the green I told her it was for St Patties Day
She bought that too