Is She In Fact He?

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« on: May 06, 2008, 20:39 »
Hello,
I need an expert!

We have three chickens, 2 of which are 13 week old Easter Egg (Araucana) pullets.

I say pullets, but we are starting to wonder if one of them is in fact male. It is significantly bigger than its counterpart and is very colourful. It doesn't crow as such, but can be noisy when roused.

This is with its counterpart who is the same age:


Could you cast your expert eyes over them to see what you think, please.

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GrannieAnnie

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« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2008, 20:54 »
I'm not an 'expert' but I'd say it looks like a cockerel!!!!

And I don't think they start to crow until 19-20 weeks or so!!!

He does look lovely though!

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« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2008, 21:47 »
If it's a girl she's got fat legs  :wink:

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« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2008, 11:24 »
Thanks for that. Your comments reassured me that we weren't imagining things, so I emailed photos to the farmer we bought the birds from.

The upshot is that we're off to swap him for a her later on! :roll:

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« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2008, 11:25 »
110% a he man. :lol:

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« Reply #5 on: May 07, 2008, 16:50 »
I have no idea as the link has been removed  :(
40 hens, 8 cockerels, 3 dogs, 2 rabbits, 8 chinchillas, 2 teenage daughters and O/H

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« Reply #6 on: May 07, 2008, 17:21 »
Quote from: "chicken soup"
I have no idea as the link has been removed  :(


Shame you missed it ... he may not have been much good for eggs of the eating sort, but he was gorgeous  :lol:
Nobody said this was going to be easy ... but some days are better than others!

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« Reply #7 on: May 07, 2008, 17:22 »
Why did you remove the link peachesandclive  :?:

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« Reply #8 on: May 07, 2008, 17:27 »
It's because the link was to a photo in our online album which includes all sorts of family photos and I don't really want it available for general consumption. I have tried repeatedly to upload a picture using the IMG button, but failed miserably. Any tips?

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« Reply #9 on: May 07, 2008, 17:30 »
I don't think you can do it from flickr.  Most of us use photobucket, there is a guide for you here:

http://www.chat.allotment-garden.org/viewtopic.php?p=100026#100026

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« Reply #10 on: May 07, 2008, 18:00 »
Ok. Have a photobucket account and it's working - hurrah! Here's the offending article, in any case:

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« Reply #11 on: May 07, 2008, 18:32 »
Wow I wouldnt get rid of him, he's gorgeous. Why not just buy another chick?

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« Reply #12 on: May 07, 2008, 18:38 »
He is indeed a lovely bird - but I live in a built up area and am not convinced the crowing would go down too well! I could get another chick - but that would make 4 chickens and there's only so much chicken poop my garden can take!



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