Pullet or Cockerel

[Hens Solo]

I really need some help here. I've got a barnyard mix of 6 week old chickens and I'm trying to learn how to sex them. I don't care about the breed( I tried to post that and some smart aleck told me they weren't donkeys or mules!) If someone with a little experience could help me decide which ones I keep and which ones might need "freezer" treatment I would be eternally grateful! I say all hens. What say ye? Out of the 8 how many do you think are roos?

 

[janiedoe]

I wouldn't bet any of them were headed to the freezer so far. The next to the last one pictured is the one I would worry about most but just because of the coloring.
Don't take my predictions too seriously though. I'm always way to optimistic about who will turn out to be a pullet.
(P.S. sorry about the smart a**. I'm sure they were just trying to be humorous and didn't mean to be offensive.
Most everyone on BYC tries hard to be helpful.)

 

[Gray Farms]

The first one, white one, and blue one look like cockerels. Those are the only ones that kinda stand out right now.

 

[Hens Solo]

The first one, white one, and blue one look like cockerels. Those are the only ones that kinda stand out right now.

Thank you so much for your opinions! I've got another 5 or 6 six weeks before I need to make my decisions. I do believe some of them are cockerels. Some are already showing aggression and chasing other chickens. One small chicken has already been pecked to death.

 

[pozees2]

I agree with @Gray Farms, pictures 1, 4, and 6 (if they stay in the same order for everyone) are the ones I think are boys.
Oh wait, hmm, the middle one I think is a boy is not the all white one it's the mostly white/silver one in the picture right before the white one.

 

[pozees2]

I agree with @Gray Farms, pictures 1, 4, and 6 (if they stay in the same order for everyone) are the ones I think are boys.
Oh wait, hmm, the middle one I think is a boy is not the all white one it's the mostly white/silver one in the picture right before the white one.

Now that I go back and look again maybe the white one is male, those are pretty stout legs and I see some wattles beginning to emerge.

 

[Gray Farms]

Thank you so much for your opinions! I've got another 5 or 6 six weeks before I need to make my decisions. I do believe some of them are cockerels. Some are already showing aggression and chasing other chickens. One small chicken has already been pecked to death.

Watch for significant comb & wattle growth in the next couple weeks. Those will be your cockerels.

 

[homeschoolin momma]

1 is the one I'm strongly leaning to as cockerel. The white one #5 and blue one #6 are possibilities.

 

[kiwi-chick]

I really need some help here. I've got a barnyard mix of 6 week old chickens and I'm trying to learn how to sex them. I don't care about the breed( I tried to post that and some smart aleck told me they weren't donkeys or mules!) If someone with a little experience could help me decide which ones I keep and which ones might need "freezer" treatment I would be eternally grateful! I say all hens. What say ye? Out of the 8 how many do you think are roos?

nice photos. They are still a bit young to really sex well, but it looks like number 1 may be a cockerel/rooster.

Keep an eye out for fast growing red bits on the head - the comb and wattles - by seeing those at a young age you can almost guarantee they will be male.

 

[DarlingChicken]

Honestly they all look like girls to me, except maybe number one. But maybe it’s the position he/she is in that’s giving me roo vibes. They all have pretty pale comb/wattles, which is a good sign if not a for sure way of telling.