Those of you that have raised Minorcas- do you find the pullets can occasionally have larger combs than you would expect?
I purchased 4 sexed Minorca pullets (day olds) from a commercial hatchery. 3 are 3 weeks old and 1 is 4 weeks old. I've noticed in the past week that 2 have much larger, redder combs than the other two- if it was any other breed, I would swear its 2 cockerels and 2 pullets. All the other chicks that I have raised were pretty well obviously split by 4ish weeks of age based on sexing from comb size/color.
I realize that vent sexing is not 100%, but I considered it pretty bad luck to have 50% cockerels from a commercial source. I will likely keep them for another 2 weeks or so before contacting the hatchery for a refund- but I was kind of hoping someone on here would say that with Minorca's large combs that sometimes the pullets are more developed than other breeds (wishful thinking, I know).
I purchased 4 sexed Minorca pullets (day olds) from a commercial hatchery. 3 are 3 weeks old and 1 is 4 weeks old. I've noticed in the past week that 2 have much larger, redder combs than the other two- if it was any other breed, I would swear its 2 cockerels and 2 pullets. All the other chicks that I have raised were pretty well obviously split by 4ish weeks of age based on sexing from comb size/color.
I realize that vent sexing is not 100%, but I considered it pretty bad luck to have 50% cockerels from a commercial source. I will likely keep them for another 2 weeks or so before contacting the hatchery for a refund- but I was kind of hoping someone on here would say that with Minorca's large combs that sometimes the pullets are more developed than other breeds (wishful thinking, I know).
