smudgley Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 OK, just to refresh your memory, I bought 6 young light sussex from a poultry sale in June (they were only a few weeks old) 4 of them were definitely cockerals & I had to take them back to the sale last week as they were getting very noisy. We thought the other2 were probably hens as they looked more girly & smaller, no big posh tail feathers & a very small comb. 2 days after the sale, the one grows a comb, looks all big & butch & went "cock-a-doodle-do" I can't believe it! So I will have to go back there this week & take him too! I wonder if the person who sold the 6 youngsters knew that at least 5 of them were boys! Or if we have just been very unlucky! KNowing my luck, the 6th one is probably a male too, just a bit immature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xChicken04x Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 How anoying!!! I heard that somtimes hens copy a noise they hear everyday e.g your cockerels. Like what parots do good luck with him/her xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudgley Posted August 19, 2007 Author Share Posted August 19, 2007 Oh! Well I reckon he's a fella, but honestly the 2 of them looked so different from the other 4 last week & suddenly the one has changed & developed a bigger comb & started crowing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xChicken04x Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 oh dear....dare i ask about the last one??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudgley Posted August 19, 2007 Author Share Posted August 19, 2007 We are sure that the yellow ringed one is a female, we have thought that for a while as she is smaller & looks like a girl, but then so did green ring last week. I may just sell the 2 of them, I'm not sure what to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xChicken04x Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 Good luck with him/her anyway!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feemcg Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 I found the Sussex really easy to sex - the boys combs and wattles were much bigger, even at 2 weeks old. By 6 weeks it was definite. The 2 girls I kept are 14 weeks and still have tiny combs. I had a girl Cream Legbar that 'changed' to a boy at 13 weeks - sexed as a girl at hatch, salmon breast etc, then suddenly developed a huge comb and tail feathers . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
