young rooster behaviour

[lisa douglas]

hi i have a question
I bought 18 hens and 2 roosters at 4 weeks old
as yet i am unable to tell which are which
yesterday i saw 2 of the "roosters" having a stand down match with their neck plumage all ruffled up. i assume those 2 are the roosters then?
i have never seen any of the others do anything like these 2 who were very obviously displaying to eachother
right or wrong what do you think?

 

[CochinBrahmaLover]

Well if you go to this section and post a pic of the 2 suspected roosters, then you'll get more responses. That said, it IS possible that those 2 are roosters, but hens will do this for dominance in the pecking order

Best of luck with them

 

[donrae]

Yeah, a good picture and let us know how old the birds are now.

 

[lisa douglas]

hi
this is he ir she about 2 weeks ago.
no comb or wattle yet but quite an upright posture and quite dominant
sadly i lost him or her yesterday to a mongoose i think
but i would still like to know what you think

 

[CochinBrahmaLover]

Can't tell from that pic, sorry

Oh and hens can be quite dominant too, like you describe

 

[Mac14]

Ya that one does look to have a brighter comb and waddles, sorry for your loss.