Re: I Need Help!
From: Ray Drouillard (cosmicpam2_at_comcast.net)
Date: 12/23/04
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Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 14:37:52 -0500
"Debra Schwinn" <dmschwinn@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On 23 Dec 2004 10:52:25 -0800, Shelli <uniqshelli@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > i have two chickens, white and red, i don't know how to tell if
they're
> > male or female. at first, i thought i had a boy and a girl but then
as
> > they got older their combs got really big. my dad thought they were
> > both males, but then we found some eggs. i don't know what to do!
> >
>
> First, I am not quite sure why you need help. You wanted chickens and
got
> two. Have you heard any of them crow? Does any of them have little
spur
> 'sprouts' started on the inside of their lower legs? If not, then
they
> are both hens. Enjoy the eggs.
Some of our hens are sprouting small spurs. Only the oldest rooster has
spurs of any size at all, and they still aren't all that big or sharp.
I found that the biggest giveaway (aside from crowing) for roosters is
the saddle. Between the wings and the tail, hens tend to have neatly
placed feathers that point mostly back along the body, and roosters have
longer and more pointed feathers that fall elegantly off the back.
Instead of laying straight back, they lay to the side.
Ray Drouillard
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