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Is this red head WB gould male or female
Posted: 06 Dec 2014, 12:18
by elferoz777
The birds in the attached are split blues.
The RH is from my season this year. The BH is a hen.
The colour looks similar to me however this RH has a sibling with less intense colour which leads me to believe the other is a hen and this one a rooster.
Frustrating as I can tell visually most of my split blues yet I struggle sexing some WB birds.
My eyes cant determine so I hope others can.
Thanks
Steve
Re: Is this red head WB gould male or female
Posted: 06 Dec 2014, 13:19
by garyh
Hen to me from those photo's,but your probable better than me,i can't tell if my splits are to blue or not
garyh
Re: Is this red head WB gould male or female
Posted: 06 Dec 2014, 13:25
by elferoz777
garyh wrote:Hen to me from those photo's,but your probable better than me,i can't tell if my splits are to blue or not
garyh
That little one is the product of that rh pb/wb split blue you sold me. Very good bird.
Re: Is this red head WB gould male or female
Posted: 06 Dec 2014, 13:53
by AMCA26
Hen to me not as vibrant on the head either.
Re: Is this red head WB gould male or female
Posted: 06 Dec 2014, 14:30
by SamDavis
Agree, both are hens. Beak colour is the real give away sign for me with these.
Re: Is this red head WB gould male or female
Posted: 06 Dec 2014, 14:48
by elferoz777
Hen was my thought initially. But the sister of this is lighter yellow on the belly whis is why I then thought it was a male.
Thanks for the advice. At least I have hens for the 5 spare roosters I have now.
Re: Is this red head WB gould male or female
Posted: 06 Dec 2014, 15:38
by AMCA26
Notice also that the back colour is lighter than a cock bird. This is what I spoke about in another Subject here last week or so. WB are sometimes different than PB in back colour. Only had this on the hens and not cocks.
Re: Is this red head WB gould male or female
Posted: 06 Dec 2014, 15:43
by hapuku
Hen. Rooster has more blue around the black bib.
Rgds Vince