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Thanks for your support Ridge. I appreciate it. I just wish I knew what it is?

I think I'll text the sellers and let them know my concerns. Perhaps they can tell me something that will calm me down, haha.

Mary
 

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Thanks for your support Ridge. I appreciate it. I just wish I knew what it is?

I think I'll text the sellers and let them know my concerns. Perhaps they can tell me something that will calm me down, haha.

Mary
Mary, my sympathies on your concerns of getting possible roosters instead of hen chicks. So, since you are an adopted Southern bell now, sweet tea is much too mild, I would say that a creme de mint or Mint Julep or Southern Comfort would do wonders to calm you right down. Then talk to the sellers. :)
 

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Thanks for your support Ridge. I appreciate it. I just wish I knew what it is?

I think I'll text the sellers and let them know my concerns. Perhaps they can tell me something that will calm me down, haha.

Mary

i couldn't tell you if they don't have an obvious innie or outtie...
 

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Thank you for making me laugh. I needed that.

Mary

my pleasure! :) you do know that i know nothing of chickens right? :) i'd be terrified if someone tried to hand me a chick. to me they are just the decoy versions of dinosaurs and we know what they are capable of doing...
 

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Miss Mary, she looks like a pullet to me. BA hens can have a larger comb compared to many breeds of chickens, so a lot of folks can get nervous when they see a small comb starting at that age.

This one looks even more confusing because she stands sort of like a cockerel in these pics and her tail looks ambiguous....as does the tail of one of the other pullets in the background.

I've never noticed cockerels "yawning" or gaping prior to the onset of crowing.... :hu
 

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Miss Mary, she looks like a pullet to me. BA hens can have a larger comb compared to many breeds of chickens, so a lot of folks can get nervous when they see a small comb starting at that age.

This one looks even more confusing because she stands sort of like a cockerel in these pics and her tail looks ambiguous....as does the tail of one of the other pullets in the background.

I've never noticed cockerels "yawning" or gaping prior to the onset of crowing.... :hu
Are you referring to the white one as the other one in the background who's tail is also ambiguous?

I've noticed that both of them are more aggressive. I just assumed they were trying to be the dominant hen in the pecking order. They were also the ones that were 3 months old while the others were 2 months old.

Mary
 
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