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Sorry about your loss. Whereabouts in Oregon are you? Are you looking for more cockerels to replace the lost ones? I have black and splash cockerels in the 6-8 week age rage (also in OR) for $1. My pullets in black and splash are sold, and my blues are not for sale. Edit: I might have 1-2...

Unless your name is Jerry Foley, please don't advertise your birds as Foley birds.

was there a humidity drop (often from opening the incubator) at the end? that can cause sticky chicks congrats! I agree with Peaky, BLRW just look weird when they first get feathers. It will change a lot! On sexing them, hard to tell without seeing faces... the one face with the black...

Yes, they certainly look like shiny saddle* feathers!

I'm saying cockerel but I would still wait longer because the feathers look kinda femaleish

less than 1 day olds left to right: 2 black, 2 splash, 2 blue

and the parents

here are some of my chicks I'm growing out... various ages: around 7-8 weeks: around 4-6 weeks

Perrrrsonally I wouldn't sell/cull any until I was totally 100% sure (ie hackle and saddle feathers are obvious, or it's crowing) I'm 99% sure the first one is a male, and 80% sure the 2nd one is a male

I think you're mostly right... it's hard to tell black and blue apart imho. for blacks, look at the back of their head, and their back stripe. also, look at their bellies. my blues will have red back stripes and red heads, with some yellow on the belly. my blacks will have black back...

yes, I think you are right... if I were you I would try to selectively hatch to identify which hen is throwing the single combs. can be quite complicated to do, I know! you would need to trap nest and mark the egg, then separate the different hen's eggs at hatch time too. OR hatch from only 1...

did you breed two siblings or a related pair? if they both carry the gene (single comb is recessive) then it is way more likely to show up over the dominant rose comb gene... maybe someone else more knowledgable can talk more about it.

Their feathers can look quite odd when they're young. rest assured they will be laced when they are bigger, regardless of frosty tips it is actually preferable to have SLOW FEATHERING in BLRW, because it means they will have better lacing. in my experience, it does not indicate male or...

they look female to me!

oh no! that is so disappointing :( are the males and females related? that can bring out recessive traits if they are. look up Nittany Wyandottes on facebook or: http://nittanywyandottes.weebly.com/

here are color comparisons - look at the back stripe color. this is a 1 day old Blue chick (red back) The one putting it's butt toward the camera is a Splash (very light dusty back stripe) the chick in the middle in the front of the photo with the black back stripe is a Black L to R...

Congrats! They are so cute! I am seeing primarily Splash it looks like. where from?

the black on the comb is a for sure female in my line, regardless of pinkness :) I always have pink combed girls, which makes me freak out and think I'm looking at a sea of 100% males!

ok... these are GUESSES! I am probably only 50% right 1 - I am leaning female for smaller sized wattle and comb 2 - male - pinkness of wattle, pinkness and size of comb 3 - the size/pinkness of wattle says male to me, but the black on the comb says female to me 4 - wattle size/pinkness says...

Wow! Consider yourself lucky! :) I am used to seeing some pinkness in the combs of the females in my line. The males are easier to tell apart by the size of their wattles, and sometimes the size/development of the comb. I can't see any feather sexing until at least 8 weeks.