Any ways to age hens?

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Ben_H

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Any ways to age hens?
« on: July 02, 2011, 22:29 »
Hi,

Is there any reliable way to work out the age of a pullet?

Ben

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Re: Any ways to age hens?
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2011, 22:35 »
is it a pullet or a hen?
look at it's legs how thick are they?
Is it's comb red?
Does it courtsey when you go near it?
Staffies are softer than you think.

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Re: Any ways to age hens?
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2011, 02:15 »
If you could post pictures here we might be able to help.  It would be especially useful to see a shot of her whole body and also a close-up of her face.  A photo of her legs would also be good.  (Oh dear I'm going to get this site censored if I'm not careful... :blink:)

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Re: Any ways to age hens?
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2011, 07:06 »
Ignore this- found the relevant bit on the Notice board.

Been reading the "how to" bit and have just tried to send a photo to the gallery but wont let me.

Can anyone please tell me the best way of importing a photo into this thread? I'm sure I'll have to resize the photos or something

Ben
« Last Edit: July 03, 2011, 07:45 by Ben_H »

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Re: Any ways to age hens?
« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2011, 08:07 »
Okey Dokey. Have been playing with a picture resizer and here is the result. Apologies for the lighting, hope it's clear enough.



Copy of P1020402 (768 x 576) (680 x 510).jpg

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Re: Any ways to age hens?
« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2011, 10:38 »
looks very young to me, around 12 weeks ish, Looks the same as my CLB did at that age.
I now have the chicken bug woot i love the Poland's

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Re: Any ways to age hens?
« Reply #6 on: July 03, 2011, 22:00 »
Thanks, just had someone else indepenently suggest 10-12 weeks via email so must be right ball park.

Cheers

Ben


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