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15 days (same order as last time) Fil A (possibly needs a name change? I see orange/yellow at the very top...) Noodle (I see a hint of yellow/orange... but this one's tricky too) Scarlet (pullet) Was Ivy, Now Fricassee (Fric) Roo-- already turning red! Nugget (possibly switching this...

The breeder that sold me the SLW eggs said it's pretty easy to tell the males and females apart. Boys get orangey combs early, and the girls' get dark early. According to that I have 1 definite roo (the first one to feather out his wings and tail ) , one definite pullet, and 3 ???s. Wanna take a...

It does look pretty orangey... There isn't really any "comb" there-- but the space is darker than my other chicks. If it really is the beginning of a red comb, then the SLW feather-sexing can be effectively tossed out the window, because that chick had and has the longest wing and tail feathers...

OKay, here they are at 6 days old. These are the same 2 pictured in the first post. Now 3 have the long feathers and the beginnings of tail-feathers, and 2 have very short wing-feathers and no tail-feathers. I'll keep updating... we'll see if you really CAN feather-sex SLWs. This is the one...

Did I ask a really stupid question? Sorry, I'm new to chick-owning, and I wasn't sure if early feather length had anything to do with gender on SLWs.

on my 5 two-day-old SLW chicks, 3 have MUCH longer wing feathers than the other two. I read that feather-sexing is only accurate on certain crosses... so is it just coincidence that there is such a difference in my chicks? I'd love to think it means the 3 are pullets... but 2 of them are also...