What gender are these?

[Kevinsl06]

So I have eight chicks that will be five weeks old tomorrow. I got the hatching eggs from my daughter and we *think* we know what breed/breed mix they are. At least we know what the choices are. LOL The rooster for all of the chicks is a Speckled Sussex. Trying to determine the gender of each. These things are so hard to get pics of so I may need to try again for you guys. I'm going to be each of the eight in a different reply on this thread so as to hopefully not be too confused.

Here is a pic from a week ago of all 8 chicks together just for an overview of what I have.
From Left to Right (Rooster is Speckled Sussex for all eight so I will just list the Hen for each chick)
1. Ancona, 2. Easter Egger, 3.??Possibly Ancona, 4. Buff Cochin (feathered feet), 5. Pure Speckled Sussex, 6. & 7. Buff Orphington (no feathered feet for these 2)
and the one by itself is 8. Pure Speckled Sussex.

The only other breed of chicken she has that seems to not be represented here is a Rhode Island Red.

#1 - Ancona/Speckled Sussex Mix

 

[Kevinsl06]

#2 Easter Egger

In this last pic the Easter Egger is the far right closest bird.

 

[Kevinsl06]

#3 Possibly Ancona? Not really sure what this one is.

 

[Kevinsl06]

#4 Buff Cochin (feathered feet)
This one is the only one that still seems to have a lot of unfeathered areas. I even wondered if it was getting picked on but I've been out there for hours around them and have never seen it happen. They have a 26x6 coop and run that they have full access to 24 hrs/day so lots of room. And I've started letting them out 3 or 4 hours a day for supervised free ranging.

 

[Painted Calls]

All would be barnyard mixes.

Number 2, 3, and 4 are cockerels.

 

[Kevinsl06]

So this is more difficult. #5 & #8 are both pure Speckled Sussex. I can tell them apart in the pen but having more difficulty in the pics. One of them is almost twice as big as the other. The smaller one has almost no tail and the larger one has a long tail. This pic shows
(the 2 left birds of course)

2 middle birds, you can see the size difference and the tails.

I think all of these are the larger one with the longer tail:

 

[Kevinsl06]

This is the smaller, short tailed pure Speckled Sussex (not sure if it is #5 or #8 in the ref. photo)

 

[Kevinsl06]

These are the Buff Orphington #6 & #7. I can't tell which is which in the pics or in the coops. I only have the one pic of the 2 together and one of there heads isn't showing so I don't know if you need another pic with them together. I'm guessing they are both pullets and if that is the case it doesn't matter which is which.

 

[Painted Calls]

These are the Buff Orphington #6 & #7. I can't tell which is which in the pics or in the coops. I only have the one pic of the 2 together and one of there heads isn't showing so I don't know if you need another pic with them together. I'm guessing they are both pullets and if that is the case it doesn't matter which is which.

Both of these are also likely cockerels.

 

[Painted Calls]

So this is more difficult. #5 & #8 are both pure Speckled Sussex. I can tell them apart in the pen but having more difficulty in the pics. One of them is almost twice as big as the other. The smaller one has almost no tail and the larger one has a long tail. This pic shows
(the 2 left birds of course)View attachment 3037010

2 middle birds, you can see the size difference and the tails.
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I think all of these are the larger one with the longer tail:


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Looks like a pea comb/modified pea comb - so not pure SS. A bit early to be certain on this one. Post updated pics in a few weeks.

Same for your other chick like this one. Update will be needed.