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Poultry and Pets => The Hen House => Topic started by: jakinpeter on May 06, 2010, 20:30

Title: possible cockrels?
Post by: jakinpeter on May 06, 2010, 20:30

hi i bought 4 chickens about 7 weeks old they are now 9weeks 2 of them started fighting does that mean there cockrels???    and if so when do they start making a noise???

thanks jaki

Title: Re: possible cockrels?
Post by: joyfull on May 06, 2010, 20:46

hens will also fight in a bid to establish the pecking order.

Title: Re: possible cockrels?
Post by: themagicaltoad1 on May 06, 2010, 20:49

I think they can start crowing from about 13 weeks but it varies with different birds. When they start laying eggs you'll know for sure they're girls.  :tongue2:

Title: Re: possible cockrels?
Post by: jakinpeter on May 06, 2010, 20:52

lol thanks they also look different round the tails 2 are much longer i tried to upload an image but couldnt work out how to make it smaller

Title: Re: possible cockrels?
Post by: poppies on May 06, 2010, 21:15

Quote from: jakinpeter on May 06, 2010, 20:52

lol thanks they also look different round the tails 2 are much longer i tried to upload an image but couldnt work out how to make it smaller

Hi in some breeds the tail feathers are more pointed in the cockerel, the hens tail feathers are more rounded

Title: Re: possible cockrels?
Post by: themagicaltoad1 on May 06, 2010, 21:30

Save your photo from the camera as you would normally. Click on it to open it then click on the icon at the bottom of the photo that opens it for editing. At the top of the screen click on "image" and where it says skew/stretch reduce the size from 100% to about 35% then save it, when you save it rename it so you don't confuse it with the original. Then when you do a post on the forum click on the "additions" and "browse" until you find your new photo. it will appear small on the page until someone clicks on it then it will enlarge. Hope this helps.