Jill wrote:
> 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>
>
>
As I feared. :~{
I've got one now, the weirdest mutant I've ever seen, whose neck
feathers I inspect for narrowness and whose tail conformation still
looks girly. I hope hope HOPE - in fact I urge her with encouraging
words - "Please be a girl, be a hen!" She's an odd-bod, a bit of an
outsider, not a team player. Not bullied though. If I manage to get a
decent photo of her I'll share it but her true weirdness has defied the
camera so far.
A L P
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