Do you have any opinion of genders? I know I am posting these chicks about 4 weeks too early. I will try to keep posting pictures over the next month, but I would love any feedback to help me learn what I should be looking for when sexing cochin chicks in the future. I ordered assorted cochins + Silver Pencilled cochins from Ideal. I have had a few emails asking me to sell any extra pullets. I plan to keep all of these until they are about 6 to 8 weeks old. I am hoping to keep at least a white and a penciled if there are pullets in those. None of them have any comb development yet, so I didn't include any photos of that yet. I will take comb shots next week. The only parts developing so far are wing feathers and a few are getting tail fuzz where feathers are starting to emerge. Having watched the feathers come in so far, I am guessing I have 4 pullets and 3 cockerels, and the silver penciled, I really have no clue.
Last time I raised cochins: buff, partridge, and black, my guesses at 2 weeks old were only correct on the black. The black cochin boys sort of stood out at that age, and by 3 weeks I was sure who were the boys. The buff and partridge chicks, I could not tell gender until 6 to 7 weeks old.
Black Cochin chick #1
I am guessing pullet because it is feathering quickly and has started to spout a tail.
Black Cochin chick #2 ...now at 2 weeks old it is clearly a frizzle
I am guessing cockerel, but it is really calm and sweet
White Cochin #1
I am guessing pullet
White Cochin #2
I am guessing pullet
Red Cochin
I am guessing cockerel. S/He is skittish this week.
Buff Cochin #1
I am guessing pullet
Buff Cochin #2
I am guessing cockerel
Silver Penciled Cochin #1
My neighbor has a penciled the same age as my two with no wing feathers at all yet, and mine have some, but both silver penciled are feathering very slowly like I would expect cockerels to do. If I had not seen her chick, I would be guessing both are cockerels for sure.
Silver Penciled Cochin #2
I am guessing pullet, but only because my neighbor has one the same age with no wing feathers yet
Thanks for any feed back!
Last time I raised cochins: buff, partridge, and black, my guesses at 2 weeks old were only correct on the black. The black cochin boys sort of stood out at that age, and by 3 weeks I was sure who were the boys. The buff and partridge chicks, I could not tell gender until 6 to 7 weeks old.
Black Cochin chick #1
I am guessing pullet because it is feathering quickly and has started to spout a tail.
Black Cochin chick #2 ...now at 2 weeks old it is clearly a frizzle
I am guessing cockerel, but it is really calm and sweet
White Cochin #1
I am guessing pullet
White Cochin #2
I am guessing pullet
Red Cochin
I am guessing cockerel. S/He is skittish this week.
Buff Cochin #1
I am guessing pullet
Buff Cochin #2
I am guessing cockerel
Silver Penciled Cochin #1
My neighbor has a penciled the same age as my two with no wing feathers at all yet, and mine have some, but both silver penciled are feathering very slowly like I would expect cockerels to do. If I had not seen her chick, I would be guessing both are cockerels for sure.
Silver Penciled Cochin #2
I am guessing pullet, but only because my neighbor has one the same age with no wing feathers yet
Thanks for any feed back!
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