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Eskdale res latest feral chicken update - 2 young black chicks pullets or roosters im stumped the one with longer tail lacks a comb but has metallic on wings & saddle while the one with shorter very boisterous & has a small comb. Short-tail has yellow skin, unsure about long-tail. The short tailed has begun making weird clucking noises which sound exactly like his? father barred rock/silkies alarm call, probably practicing that & vocal cords in preparation to future crowing. No sound from long tail. Odd. I remember their mother as a chick not making any sounds or ever playfighting but did not have metallic feathering while long tails saddle feathers look slightly pointed. Short tails tertials are long pic 4 & overcover his? primaries, a feature I have only seen in roosters as aid for territorial wing damms/claps. This chick looked very rooster like when younger. Assuming short-tail as a rooster & long tail pullet. Last photo alpha brown shaver hen nearly 4 years soon dethroned if chicks are roosters. Image of father https://inaturalist.nz/observations/213941831

Sam had a stand off with columbian cochin for 10 secs then cochin backed off. His brother Mike showed up & in frame are driving the bantam away. Short tail has been named Sam & long tail Mike by a local. Barred rock/silkie known to her as scrap after his dog encounter.

Alpha shaver checking me out, beta australorp x hyline in background. Her claimed owner's relative told me she hatched out 2 roosters 3 years ago both butchered. He has a farmyard bantam silkie araucana mix rooster 6+ years old he night captured at a dump sight in waikato been on his farm 6 years possibly 8+ years most chicks are his. The shavers were dumped 2023 because they got sick.