BBS Marans 2.5 weeks gender guesses!

The weather was beautiful out today and so took the chicks out for more pics 😆
Here’s chick 1 which is the forest egger who is 100% a cockerel
 

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Chick 2
 

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Chick 3 who is flighty and wants nothing to do with me 🥲 that’s the best I could get of the comb
 

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Chick 4
 

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thoughts? Is it worth comparing them to chick 1 who is their hatch mate that came from the same breeder? Bc none of them are anywhere close to looking like the little chick 1 forest egger cockerel.
 
I also got chick 4’s last photo mixed up. That’s not her. She doesn’t have a spot at the end of her beak.
 
Chick 3 is looking less Cockerell-like in these latest pictures, I'm leaning towards pullet on that one now but 1 and 4 are looking suspiciously rooish haha 😄 maybe 2 is a pullet too, but I'm looking at those little wattles with a raised brow 🤔
 
Chick 3 is looking less Cockerell-like in these latest pictures, I'm leaning towards pullet on that one now but 1 and 4 are looking suspiciously rooish haha 😄 maybe 2 is a pullet too, but I'm looking at those little wattles with a raised brow 🤔
They keep me guessing for sure hahaha but definitely chick 1 has left me zero doubt about him being a cockerel. 😊 but these three are giving me some hope bc they don’t have the wattles or comb growth as their hatch mate.
 

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I know, I know, it’s waaayyyyy too early to tell but I love keeping track and posting updates for others who may also be in this waiting game of waiting for chicks to get older to tell hen or roo. I bought three bbs Marans (two of which are splash, and one blue) and one forest egger. Anyways, I just wanted to post progress pics as these chicks age and see any guesses y’all wanna take! These chicks hatched 3/25 so their 2.5 weeks old ❤️



These are my guesses comparing them with eachother since they’re hatch mates 😁
Chick 1 is the forest egger (suspected cockerel)
Chick 2 is splash marans (hopefully pullet?!)
Chick 3 is blue Marans (suspected cockerel)
Chick 4 is splash marans (hopeful pullet?!)
chick three is super pretty! I think all your guesses might be right
 

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