Brown leghorns

[FrahmChicks217]

A few weeks ago I asked about sexing day old brown leghorns. Well it was mixed answers. But now they are almost 3 weeks old and I have an update. Or at least I think this can be considered one? I think I for sure have one or 2 roos! On 2 of my brown leghorns, their combs are huge! And they are starting to turn pink while my other 13 are still small and pale. Here is a picture of one of the 2 that I believe are roos. Any thoughts? Chest feathers are just starting to come in, but are still just pins so i cant tell if they are rosy colored or black.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

I think the one in back is a cockerel but Leghorns have big combs so…you’d be better off asking one expert. @The Moonshiner

 

[FrahmChicks217]

Here is another picture of the one

 

[The Moonshiner]

Ya that one's a cockerel. Unlike popular opinion I don't believe pullets really get that big of a comb very early and surely not a lot of color in it.

 

[FrahmChicks217]

Ya that one's a cockerel. Unlike popular opinion I don't believe pullets really get that big of a comb very early and surely not a lot of color in it.

That's what I was thinking. Only 2 out of 15 have big pink combs. All the others are like the one in front in the picture with 2 of them. My other chicks in that bunch are easter eggers and blue copper marans and I'm pretty sure those are going to have to be ones that I wait to see if they crow or lay eggs.

 

[Yard Farmer]

Here is another picture of the oneView attachment 4100279

Cockerel

 

[SJsChickies]

Do you have updated pics of them? I just got a few and I love seeing the changes in their feathers and what to look for in pullets vs roos

 

[FrahmChicks217]

I ended up with 7 pullets out of the 15 I got. They are now 14 or 15 weeks old and appears couple appear to be close to laying their first eggs. I rehomed the 8 cockerals as soon as their chest feathers came in and I knew they for sure where boys. The females will keep smaller combs for a while and their chest feathers will be a salmon color while the cockerlas will grow big combs real quick (I knew by 4/5 weeks which ones they were) and their chest feathers will be black. In the first picture you can actually see 4 other brown leghorns pullets.

 

[FrahmChicks217]

Do you have updated pics of them? I just got a few and I love seeing the changes in their feathers and what to look for in pullets vs roos

Posted update for you

 

[SJsChickies]

I ended up with 7 pullets out of the 15 I got. They are now 14 or 15 weeks old and appears couple appear to be close to laying their first eggs. I rehomed the 8 cockerals as soon as their chest feathers came in and I knew they for sure where boys. The females will keep smaller combs for a while and their chest feathers will be a salmon color while the cockerlas will grow big combs real quick (I knew by 4/5 weeks which ones they were) and their chest feathers will be black. In the first picture you can actually see 4 other brown leghorns pullets. View attachment 4167340View attachment 4167346View attachment 4167347

They are go gorgeous! Thank you for the update! Mine are only a few days old but it’s good to know about the chest feathers.