5 weeks old, all cockerels?

Altairsky

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So my broody hatched 100% pullets last year and this year I'm expecting math to run its course.
These chicks are:
2 Legbar x duckwing araucana ee
2 Legbar x salmon faverolle ee
You can tell by the comb which is which.

I have a feeling they're all males. What do you think? 20250403_083624.jpg 20250403_083604.jpg
 
I'm not a rooster specialist. But you have what you have,,, and nothing will change that.
Here is my view about extra roosters. (they are cockerels until a year old)
Raise them in a loving manner, and when time comes,, well, rooster has one bad moment. Still lived a loving life.:love
You may have to show some closeups to more rooster knowledgeable visitors here.


WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,:highfive:
 
Yeah, they're gonna be turned into chicken paella, no tear cried. The good thing about letting broodies raise their feral chicks is that it's easier to not get emotionally attached to them. They live the best life possible and then make the best meal possible.
Last year I had enough females so I could sell 1 boy + 2 girls, and all boys were rehomed (even the last one - I was already tasting him - got a last minute call, luckiest rooster on the planet).

I'll post more closeups as soon as I manage to catch them.
The sooner I know if they really are all males, the better, because I need to hatch 2 pullets this season, for my breeding project, so if they're all males I need to incubate another batch sooner than later.
 
Oh that would be a great news!
What makes me think they might be males, is that their mothers both had a very yellow comb for a long time, and these chicks shows a pink tint already.
You can see the pics of their mothers at 6 weeks on the link below, it's the first and the last birds.
I'll try to take better pics as soon as I have the chance to catch them.


https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...r-and-what-the-heck-is-the-first-one.1631180/
 

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