A_ L _P wrote:
>> yup, and there are a LOT of little roosters.
>> lee
>
> Pleee-eease - how do you tell?
This like lots of little combs already. some beginning to get deeper pink.
Leghorns, particularly, are often VERY early, with combs, and of course
feathering gives it away in some colours / breeds.
Some of those with "bruiser" heads will be probably male, although in some
strains of some birds like Wyandottes that can be misleading. They can
turn
out to be girls.
> I'd love to be able to sort them with certainty at that
> young age before I get to know them as individuals.
So would we all -- most breeds / strains are not reliably ***ed until
later.
If you have a specific breeding programme in a single breed then you can
also select for feather ***ing traits so you can divvy them up early that
way.
>
> Mine are descended from a gene whirlpool so combs are red, black,
> rose, blobby, conventional picture-book, hidden in top-knots etc etc.
>
Nae chance !!
<g>
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regards
Jill Bowis
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Herbaceous; Herb and Alpine Nursery
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