Help sexing 3 new chicks - 1 mixed, 1 lemon cuckoo orp, 1 mottled java

[hmbelk]

I would love your opinions in sexing these three chicks.
Chick 1 - a mixed breed (father is splash laced red wyandotte, we believe the mother is my speckled sussex)
date of hatch 8-9-16 so 3 weeks old now.






Chick 2 - Lemon Cuckoo Orpington pics taken today 5 weeks old.






Chick 3 Mottled Java - pics taken today 5 weeks old

 

[Alexandra33]

The Orpington and Java both look to be cockerels, but I'm not sure about the mixed chick. Given its comb type, I personally think it might take a couple more weeks before we're able to tell.

~Alex

 

[chicken4prez]

The Orpington and Java both look to be cockerels, but I'm not sure about the mixed chick. Given its comb type, I personally think it might take a couple more weeks before we're able to tell.

~Alex

Agreed

 

[drumstick diva]

agree

 

[hmbelk]

Thanks for the help. Sure hope we don't end up w/ all cockerals. I certainly don't need any more of those! lol The mixed breed one was hatched by my Australorp. Only two eggs hatched and then one chick died. I purchased the orp and java chicks from a friend so my mixed breed chick wouldn't be lonely. (I had to take him from the broody hen because I didn't have a separate pen for her and the other hens were attacking the chicks).

As fun as it is to watch them grow and change it's frustrating that I keep ending up w/ cockerals everytime I get chicks. You put so much work and money into these chicks only to have to sell them in the end (or give them away as is often the case w/ cockerals). This pretty much confirms that when I order from the hatchery I'll be ordering pullets rather than straight run.

 

[Alexandra33]

You're so welcome! Straight run is definitely an interesting situation, especially when you're worried just how many cockerels you ended up with. (I've been there

)

~Alex