3.6m Omlet Chicken Run for sale, Brand New in Boxes, Milton Keynes (MK19)

[Forestchook]

Hi,

 

Can anyone advise me about the face gear on one of my light sussex chicks? Three out of the four chicks I have are light sussexs and they are now at the six weeks mark. The biggest one is almost certainly a boy. He has noticably larger and redder comb and wattles than the other two. One of the others I belive is a girl, she has a small and pale comb with no real wattles yet. It's the last one thats giving me problems. He/she has more comb than the girl and it is maybe slightly pinker. On that I would say girl however he/she also has pink/reddish begining of wattles which suggests boy. Neither his/her comb or wattles are a shade on his/her brothers though. I'm so confused!

 

Sadly I'm fairly certain chick number four is also a boy. He is meant to be a sultan bantum, but having looked for pics of the same I think he's actually a poland. This is based on him being buff/brown, not having feathery feet and only having four toes.

 

Any thoughts?

 

I will try to work out how to post some pictures.

 

N

[Redwing]

The last one isnt a Sultan as you suspect, it may be a Houdan or Poland or a cross with one of those, it sounds nice

 

In any batch of youngsters one male will probably be more developed than others, remove him and the others will make themselves known quicker - obviously thats not practical in most cases, it wont be long before the males will be very obvious anyway

[Forestchook]

Thanks Redwing.

 

This is a test to see if I can post photos. Hopefully this should be a pic of my little bantum boy. hopefully at a sensible size too.

 

 

if this works i 'll try posting pics of my sussexs.

 

N

[Redwing]

What a little sweetheart he isnt a Poland or Houdan, he is probably a cross of some sort of crested breed though, bless him

[Forestchook]

It worked!

 

He is very soppy when you pick him up compared to the others. I wish I could keep him but since I already have one boy I will have to rehome him if I can (unless he is very quiet and doesn't wind up my existing boy. It would be an excuse to get more girls )

 

These are the Sussexs:

Boy:

Girl (?)

Can't make up my mind!

 

Hopefully at least one of them is a girl!

 

N

[Redwing]

I'm guessing boy, girl, boy

 

(and I love your curtains! )

[Forestchook]

D'oh. That's what i was afraid of. So much for 'we think they're all girls' . Ahh well one out of four is better than zero.

 

Thanks (?) I'm afraid I can't tell you where they came from because I think they are older than I am. (Mum says they definitely are, they were my grandmother's )

 

N

[Redwing]

 

Thanks (?)

 

 

Dont worry it was a compliment, I added the smily as I wasnt meant to be looking at the curtains

 

Give the last chick a while longer, you may be pleasantly surprised. Sussex arent very easy to sex sometimes. I hatched some for a friend once and had to ring them with male and female leg rings as I was so unsure!

[Egluntyne]

I'd say boy girl boy too.

 

Your curtains are very nice.

[scarlettohara]

My first hatch I had 5/6 boys I rehomed them all and one turned out to be a girl