No Boys Allowed
One of the worst parts about chick ownership is it's often hard to tell if you have a pullet (female) or cockerel (male) until they are a few weeks old. There are certain methods that can be used to more accurately guess, but these typically have to be done by a professional. The owner of the hatchery I get my girls from offers 85% sexing accuracy, so while those odds are pretty high, it still leaves room for error. As soon as I picked up my first set of chicks in December, I started obsessively browsing through pictures of each breed and what I should look for to help me figure out their sex. I'm pretty sure my husband thought I was insane (not that he didn't already think that). Every day I had a new guess on which one was really a boy and how sad I was going to be when I had to take them back to the hatchery. I posted pictures of my babies on Backyard Chickens every couple of weeks and was told by some that Dolly & Amelia were likely boys. The biggest concern with