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    Not sure of the breed or gender.. anyone? Help?

    At 6 weeks I'd put money on that being a rooster. That's a super red comb and large wattles for that age. Delawares do have a barring gene. Because they are also Columbian (meaning the black is restricted to their extremeties), the barring is barely visible on pullets. It is more visible on...
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    Help! Pullet or rooster?

    I think the coloring of her hackle feathers is emphasizing the pointiness. Pullets have pointy hackle feathers, too, just less pointy/wispy than roosters. Hers look like pullet hackle feathers to me. The easier tell for feathers is the saddle feathers--hers are nice and rounded. At 9 weeks a...
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    Any guesses on the breeds of my pretty babies??

    I'd be hesitant to use size/build/leg thickness to determine sex, especially since we're not entirely sure what the breed is--different breeds have different builds. As for breeds--they're all hybrids of some sort, and I wouldn't feel confident saying which sort. The first could probably be...
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    Ameraucana Roo?

    Saddle feathers look nice and round, and at 11 weeks you would probably (though not definitely) start to see the pointy saddle feathers of a rooster. Is that gold/lemony leakage on the wing, though? Perhaps that's just the lighting of the photo, but I'd keep an eye on it.
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    Sexing 3-- Easter Egger, Splash Wyandotte, and Lavender Orpington

    I’m most experienced with Wyandottes, so I’ll chime in there. Male blue/splash laced Wyandottes start to develop patches of unlaced/solid red feathers on their shoulders/wings around 8-12 wks. This is more dependable than combs, IMO, because Wyandotte pullets often pink up early. So far the...
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    How many roos? (6 wk Easter Eggers/Backyard mixes)

    Do you maybe mean 5 is a pullet rather than 6? They're similarly colored, but 5 has a small, pale comb and everyone's been confident that it's a pullet.
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    How many roos? (6 wk Easter Eggers/Backyard mixes)

    That would be great! They've discovered an unplanned rooster among their batch of 11 wk old feed store chicks, so the fewer in this batch the better!
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    Black sex link or Australorp

    She looks more like an Australorp to me--the black legs/eyes/beak and greenish sheen to the feathers. Black sex links have visible leakage (usually red) around the hackles, though the amount can vary, and I'm not seeing any in these photos.
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    What color this chiks will be when grow up?

    I agree. Mostly brown/black, with a lighter brown head and patterned or laced feathers.
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    TSC might have duped me

    This. You'd expect Marans chicks to have feathered legs. This amount of comb growth seems normal to me for a black sex link this age.
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    How many roos? (6 wk Easter Eggers/Backyard mixes)

    Back with 7 week updates. 1/2 are still definitely boys, 3/5 are still definitely girls. I've tried to get closer photos of 4/6, though 4 is really skittish and hard to get a good photo of. In some lighting 6's pea comb doesn't look very pink at all, but in others it does. It has no visible...
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    Is this a Roo?

    I don't see anything that makes me think roo right now. For what it's worth, my parents' EE pullets sometimes have had that hooked upright tail around the same age. I'd say a very pretty pullet!
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    10 week gold laced Polish Crested - cockerel?

    Last trip to the feed store my parents got a couple of Polish crested chicks for kicks. They were sexed pullets, but I think this one might be a cockerel? I don't have any experience with this breed, so not feeling confident. I'm mostly going off of comb/waddle size/color and the pointier crest...
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    Gender and breed please.

    I'm leaning pullet for now. The lacing is clear and consistent, and in my experience of seeing 40+ wyandotte chicks grow, the roos consistently start developing the messy/solid unlaced feathers on their shoulders/wings about this age. Comb/waddle development is an indicator, but is less...
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    How many roos? (6 wk Easter Eggers/Backyard mixes)

    Nice to get some confirmation on what I was thinking! I was feeling fairly confident on 3/5 being pullets and unsure on 4/6, but esp. suspicious of 6.
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