Early gender guesses on 6 week old Polishes?

[amykbennett]

I know it's early and I'm probably just gonna have to wait, but would love to hear any thoughts from Polish experts on my 6 week old Polishes. I have my suspicions, but try not to get too confident since at this stage the crest is as much a function of how much the other chicks like to peck at them (and everyone seems to love to peck at my poor Polishes crests!). Tia...

All have equally skinny legs, no combs or wattles to speak of, and no redness in face. All equally spastic and flighty, like every Polish I've ever had.

White crested Black (assuming Pullet due to smooth crest)

Buff Laced (assuming Pullet due to smooth crest)

Gold Laced (leaning cockerel with that crazy rock star do)

Silver Laced (leaning cockerel with that mohawk)

Tolbunt (anyone's guess? Kinda crazy fro, but feathers more rounded...)

 

[Gigachad poultry]

Do I think you're correct on the others and I 'd say cockerel on the last one.

 

[JedJackson]

I'm not seeing any real signs of any of them being a cockerel yet. No redness at the comb, face or wattles. Crests are tricky at such a young age because they can look completely different after the first molt. I think the white crested black is a pullet. Other than that I would wait a bit and watch for comb/wattle/facial redness. Those that get it before 15 weeks or so are probably males.

 

[Coop-de-doop]

If this helps, my white crested blue is a male, and my white crested black is a female. Both are 6 weeks old.

 

[Mtb111]

If this helps, my white crested blue is a male, and my white crested black is a female. Both are 6 weeks old.

My white crested black is 7 weeks and looks just like your girl.

 

[AngelaSh]

I think you’re right about them, and the last I would guess hen only because the crest feathers aren’t as sharp-looking as they are in on the cockerels

 

[Cool_Catrules456]

I'm not seeing any real signs of any of them being a cockerel yet. No redness at the comb, face or wattles. Crests are tricky at such a young age because they can look completely different after the first molt. I think the white crested black is a pullet. Other than that I would wait a bit and watch for comb/wattle/facial redness. Those that get it before 15 weeks or so are probably males.

While that is true. At this age it is harder. Crest are a fairly accurate way of sexing polish chicks. (Better than wing sexing feed store chicks) Yes they can change a lot within the spand of say a week.

I’d say sexing by crest has around a 70% accuracy rate. (Once they are 10-12 weeks of course) at this age it drops by 10%. However it could be useful if you just want a rough estimate of your males to females. I would not advise others to use it like the chicks were sexlinked. (Meaning a 100% accurate sexing method)

 

[BastyPutt]

All cockerels with the exception of the first white crested black.

Maybe OP will see this and let us know since it has been a few months

Really curious where you got these birds... if you happen to come back to this thread.