Breeds? Genders?

[ThePhoebeFive]

Yeah, the reason I thought Marans is because it's got a single line of feathers down it's legs!

Wait, down the legs of which one? I can't see it.

 

[Muser]

Wait, down the legs of which one? I can't see it.

It's on the Grey Chick's legs, I took a better picture so you can see a bit better. It is quite hard to see since it's a thin line down the outside of the leg.

 

[ThePhoebeFive]

It's on the Grey Chick's legs, I took a better picture so you can see a bit better. It is quite hard to see since it's a thin line down the outside of the leg.
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Oooh. Hm. Then I don't have a clue what that one is.

 

[Muser]

Oooh. Hm. Then I don't have a clue what that one is.

I'm just hoping it's a pullet!

 

[Muser]

Alright, it's week 4 update day! Here is the progression of each of my chicks... Oh, dear... I do worry I have mainly roos at this point, but here they are. What do we think? Roos/Pullets, breeds? They are between 3 and 4 weeks old at this stage:

Chick 1/Yellow Chick

Chick 2/Black Chick

Chick 3/White Chick

Chick 4/Grey Chick

Chick 5/Chipmunk Chick

 

[ThePhoebeFive]

Alright, it's week 4 update day! Here is the progression of each of my chicks... Oh, dear... I do worry I have mainly roos at this point, but here they are. What do we think? Roos/Pullets, breeds? They are between 3 and 4 weeks old at this stage:

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Chick 2/Black Chick
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Chick 4/Grey Chick
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Chick 5/Chipmunk Chick
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Yikes. I'm not going to say for sure, but if you have roos, it'd be 1-3 for sure and very likely 4 as well. The chipmunk is the only one I see as being a girl at this point.

 

[Muser]

I know, I can't believe it, I think they are all roos too D: Might have to find a cheeky female friend for my little chipmunk, can't have her by herself, poor little thing! <3

 

[Tretinker]

I think all but 5 are Roos, just a guess but if 1, 2 and 3 aren't I'll eat my hat!

 

[Muser]

Well here we are at 5/6 weeks, and it seems I have quite the bachelor pad going on here... I'm pretty sure I have 4 cockerels. Has anyone ever heard of hens developing peachy/pink combs at 6 weeks? (Doubt it!)

Chick 1/Yellow Chick/Red Bird:

Chick 2/White Chick/White Bird:

Chick 3/Black Chick/Black Bird:

Chick 4/Grey Chick/Grey Bird:

Chick 5/Chipmunk Chick/Brown Bird:

By 6 weeks it is fairly obvious which ones are male and which are female, I'm of course sad that I have this many boys since they are hard to rehome around here so they will likely migrate to freezer camp I will continue to post pictures of their growth to assist others in gauging if they have males or females.... albeit I have a lot more evidence of male birds over female!

The tufts on my Chipmunk chick make me think she is a Creme Legbar as suspected. Black chick is getting copper flecks on the shoulders so I'm guessing a Black Copper Marans, and Yellow chick, now a big Brown chick seems to be a New Hampshire Red or Rhode Island Red (or something similar).

 

[Muser]

So what do we think? All lads except for 5?