Still need help sexing 6 wk old "barnyard mix" chicks - *Lots of Photos*

This is one of the broody hens and the mother of #4508 - see how the partridge chanteclers have hardly any comb.

myfivegirls said:

Yes, that would make sense IF they all had the same type of comb. The single comb roosters are obvious, but it's the pea, rose & mixes of two or more types of combs that gets confusing.

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Pea combs do seem tough. I have 3 pea combed birds that hatched at Easter right now and the ones I suspect are roosters are still not showing any red on their combs...I'd help guess, but I'm no expert, so sadly, it wouldn't help. They are nice looking birds though!

Okay, here's some more photos, if you'd be so kind as to guess which ones are roos & pullets. I think I figured it out of most of them, but just want to double check. Thanks so much and for wading through all these photos!

Here's chick with wing band # 4519 - this one has stumped me, but after comparing it to the Red Sex Links that are about the same age, I think it's a pullet. What do you think?






Chick # 4528 - comb and face getting redder each day; feather out similar to "his" EE dad; this is another one of those black & white EEs that are always hard to sex! I thought it was a female a week ago, but now it suddenly has a puffy, wide comb. No bright splashy colors on wings, yet, but I'll keep my eye out.












#4503 - solid white EE mix - pullet?






#4523 - Has mostly single comb genetics in background, with a little pea comb; so, even though it's pink, I'd say it's a female. Right?






# 4555 - thinking pullet - what do you think?
(the gray/lavender/splash one facing away from camera)

Chick # 4516 - another white chick; Red Sex Link mom ; pea comb/straight comb - so dad could be EE or Blue Andalusian/EE mix;
what's confusing me is that it's face isn't as pink as the obvious roosters, but it's comb is pretty big - which is pinkish red. But, because it's not a pure pea comb, it could be larger than normal.
Not sure at all about this chick.





Here's the two gray Freedom Ranger hen x Blue Andalusian/EE offspring. Both have small black combs, but #4552 has pink wattles & earlobes (though not as large as the roos).
They're almost identical, but #4548 is a lighter gray. These two I posted photos of on the first page of this thread, and it was said that they were pullets, which is what I'm now leaning towards.

#4548 in lower left corner; #4552 in center of photo

#4548

#4548 in back; #4552 in front


#4548

#4552

#4552 in front; Red Sex Link pullet in middle - her comb & wattles are about the same size and color

#4552


Here's two more identical "gray/blue" chicks:

#4506 - Dominque x BLA/EE - pullet?





#4549 - Dom x BLA/EE - pullet





One of them next their "brother" to #4594 (right), who's also a Dom x BLA/EE - he's slightly "barred" and has a pink comb.


#4534 - another pullet?

Thank you for those who gave their input for the first set of photos. If you'd be so kind to also take a look at the other newer photos on page 2, I'd really appreciate it.

My dilemma is that I told people that are interested in the extra female chicks that they'd be ready between 6-8 week. Since they're now 7 weeks old, I need to have a couple second opinions to help decide which ones are females or males. I've read here on BYC of so many people being sold "pullets" and they ending up being roosters, so I'm trying to avoid that as much as possible. I know that the older they get, the more obvious it should be, but since I'm not keeping them all, it's not a case where I can just "wait until it lays an egg or crows".

Thanks so much! You BYC'ers are so great and helpful.

myfivegirls said:

Here's the two gray Freedom Ranger hen x Blue Andalusian/EE offspring. Both have small black combs, but #4552 has pink wattles & earlobes (though not as large as the roos).
They're almost identical, but #4548 is a lighter gray. These two I posted photos of on the first page of this thread, and it was said that they were pullets, which is what I'm now leaning towards.

#4548 in lower left corner; #4552 in center of photo

#4548

#4548 in back; #4552 in front


#4548

#4552

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To help others, I thought I'd give an update. These two (#4548 & #4552) are now confirmed pullets laying eggs, and I just set some of their eggs in the incubator.

This is #4552 - named "Lilac"


"Lavender" is #4548 - the girl in front -