Larkwell Valley (2023)

[JacinLarkwell]

From what I've read, you should be able to tell by weight. Just remember that nothing is 100% guaranteed.

Okay. They're 5.5 weeks old today, should I just wait until they're a solid 2 months before actively trying to guess? I'm very confident my barred is a male and that 2 chocolates are females, but the other 3 I keep switching back and forth on

 

[JacinLarkwell]

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Purity is without a doubt in my mind, a hybrid Pekin. She's enormous, and is heavier than Big Boy, my heaviest rooster. Super wide too, I could barely hold her legs still for the photos.

I wanted to thank @Miss Lydia for helping me with her with the niacin issues. Her foot never has gone back to completely normal, but it did stop turning and straightened out a little bit so she can run and climb the hills without much struggle

 

[Miss Lydia]

That is so great to hear!!

 

[Canadian Wind]

Okay. They're 5.5 weeks old today, should I just wait until they're a solid 2 months before actively trying to guess? I'm very confident my barred is a male and that 2 chocolates are females, but the other 3 I keep switching back and forth on

At 5 and a half weeks, there should be a difference. Use the weight of the Barred and the Chocolates as guides.

Honestly, no method is completely failsafe. I've heard of females being mis-identified as males right up until they laid an egg!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

females being mis-identified as males right up until they laid an egg!

Oh that would be my luck, absolutely.

Okay. I'll get some weights tomorrow then.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Weights did not happen. Got most of the framing for the other mini barn pens done though on the inside.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Duckie is teaching her chick to roost.

 

[Miss Lydia]

It’s so Precious when the chick is under mama on the roost

 

[JacinLarkwell]

It’s so Precious when the chick is under mama on the roost

Scared me half to death. This isn't her coop, so when I saw her roosting, immediate thought was that she had lost the chick that day