This IS a cockerel, right?

[loyalcrowlist]

I'm planning on selling these six week old chicks because I'm certain they're cockerels and I can't have that many roos where I am but I wanted some other opinions and to double check because I genuinely love both of them. The red one is probably an olive egger and the black and white one is some kind of polish mix that also has feathers on the legs and is six weeks old, just very slow to feather.

I could really use some guesses here, thank you!

 

[Shabby Chic-Hens]

@Overo Mare

 

[EmmaRainboe]

Females

 

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Females

Wait, really? What makes you say that, out of curiosity so I can learn better?

 

[EmmaRainboe]

Wait, really? What makes you say that, out of curiosity so I can learn better?

The orange one has female feathering, and both of them have almost no comb or wattle development which 6 week old cockerels should.

What made you think they were male?

 

[loyalcrowlist]

The orange one has female feathering, and both of them have almost no comb or wattle development which 6 week old cockerels should.

What made you think they were male?

The orange one's feather pattern isn't as even and compared to the other olive egger, they have more wattles and a pinker comb. The black and white one, I thought was male since it's been so slow to feather and I was told that was an indicator. Both do the chest bumping/fighting stance as well. Neither has crowed or attempted to, however.

Honestly, I've really struggled with sexing this chicks. I didn't have this issue with my faverolles or orpington.

 

[Finnie]

The orange one has female feathering, and both of them have almost no comb or wattle development which 6 week old cockerels should.

What made you think they were male?

I don’t know, I think the orange one has male color pattern and way too much comb and wattles for a 6 week old.

The black and white one has male looking shoulder baldness, but some breeds that doesn’t matter in. So I don’t know about that one.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

The orange one's feather pattern isn't as even and compared to the other olive egger, they have more wattles and a pinker comb. The black and white one, I thought was male since it's been so slow to feather and I was told that was an indicator. Both do the chest bumping/fighting stance as well. Neither has crowed or attempted to, however.

Honestly, I've really struggled with sexing this chicks. I didn't have this issue with my faverolles or orpington.

Can you post pics of the other olive eggers for comparison?

 

[NatJ]

The black and white one, I thought was male since it's been so slow to feather and I was told that was an indicator.

Slow feathering can happen with males or females.

There is a way to create feather-sexable chicks, but it is relatively rare for that to happen in random backyard mixes. (A fast-feathering rooster mated to a slow-feathering hen will produce slow sons and fast daughters.)

 

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Can you post pics of the other olive eggers for comparison?

Sure! This is them! I'm not certain what sex they are at this point but I've been leaning pullet as they look a lot like my other OE hen.