My granddaughters school hatched out some eggs for me and out of the five that hatched I think four are roosters.Am I right?
Are these roosters?
The black one?
I`m pretty sure of this one,he is a rooster!
Yep, the ones with the bigger combs and waddles look like they would be roos, and yes the black one does look rooish to me. How old are they now?
They were six weeks yesterday
Another thing we look at when trying to figure out if ours are roosters or hens is the feet. Roosters usually tend to have bigger feet.
They all look like they are roosters to me.
That's true, bigger feet and thicker legs. In addition to being larger, the combs and waddles on roos will turn redder sooner than on hens. All of them don't look like roos to me though, just some.
Watch for them to challange you too, like come up to the back of your hand like they are big and tough. We found out what ones were going to be roosters sometimes that way too, even when they where younger then these.
I'm going to guess 3 roosters. The hens would usually tend to shy away from us.
Let us know when you find out. :)
Poor eyesight makes identification difficult for me, but the black one looks like a Cuckoo Marans, if it is it's a hen. The Rooster (Marans) is much lighter than that. Haystack
The second white on looks like a white rock, and definitely a Roo, I also just noticed you have some blue andalusians, I also have some and I love them.
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All the rooster are out of golden comets and black sex links the rooster was the barred rock rooster who was a black sex link,the white comes from the mother of the golden comets which is a white rock.Haystack that one you called blue was suppose to be a arucana,thats what I was told when I ordered 10 of them,I got all colors and knew they were not auracanas when they started getting their feathers so I took pictures and posted them here and was told they are all EE`s,and I don`t care what they are as long as they are good layers.
Green they look like Americaunas and I believe that is what some call EE's
We have Ameraucanas and they are great little egg layers. We usually get an egg a day from every one of them. Today we didn't which is rare. I have also noticed that their eggs have much darker yolks and when you boil them they seem to peel easier than brown or white eggs. Maybe its just been luck, but every time I have boiled eggs the blue/green ones peel a lot easier.
Thats great news about boiled eggs,I stopped making egg salad because I got tired of wasting so much of the egg.
What fun trying to identify anothers birds, You said it so well green, I don't care what they are as long as they are good layers. What a great attitude. Haystack
Green, I found another way to boil that is suppose to make the eggs easier to peel. I tried it once and it seemed to work well.
Put the eggs in a pan of water and bring to a boil, remove from heat and put a lid on the pan, let them sit for 15 to 18 minutes depending on size of eggs. Remove the eggs with slotted spoon and put them in ice water for 1 minute. While you do this turn the heat back on the pan with water and bring it to a simmer. Remove the eggs one by one from the cold water and put them back in the simmering water for 10 seconds, just long enough for the shell to expand away from the egg. Remove and peel immediately. Worked better for me and the blue/green still peel the best for me.
Also, if you poke the the large end with a pin before boiling it helps to peel them too. Fresh eggs look better for deviled eggs (centered yolk) but are harder to peel. Eggs that are 7 to 10 days old are easier to peel. Also store eggs point down.
THANKS
Your welcome......Let me know how it works for you.