3 week old barnyard mixes. Male or female?

[AtlantisPeeps]

I have a dozen barnyard mixes that I would love some help from you experts on sexing! They are about 3 weeks old. I attempted to get clear shots of them all, so I apologize if some of them are blurry. These babies will not sit still!

Chick 1- (Buff Orpington X Red Sex Link)

Chick 2- (Buff Orpington X Red Sex Link)

Chick 3- (Buff Orpington X Red Sex Link)

Chick 4- (White Cochin X Red Sex Link)

Chick 5- (Lavender Orp X Red Sex Link)

Chick 6- EE X Red Sex Link (Sorry about the blue on him. He got his tail feathers pecked out by the others so I moved him to a seperate encloser. He somehow managed to get out and got grazed by the dogs tooth on his shoulder. I used blue kote to fix him up and he's healed now, but still blue!)

Chick 7- (Lavender Orp X Red Sex Link)

Chick 8- (Black Cochin Bantam X Dominique)

Chick 9- (Black Cochin Bantam X Dominique)

Chick 10-Black Cochin Bantam X Dominique)

Chick 11-Black Cochin Bantam X Dominique)

Chick 12-Black Cochin Bantam X Dominique)

 

[Alexandra33]

It may be a teensy bit too early to know for sure, but 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 all are looking like cockerels to me. Maybe you could try again in a couple weeks just for confirmation?

~Alex

 

[AtlantisPeeps]

Thank you! Any other opinions or conformations?

 

[Gray Farms]

5 weeks and over would be much more accurate to confirm. 1,2,3,4,5,7,10,11,12 look to be cockerels to me. 6,8,9, look to be pullets.

 

[AtlantisPeeps]

Crap. I hope you're wrong! Can you explain why you think that?

 

[Eon69nc]

3,4,5,7 are your only cockerels.

 

[AtlantisPeeps]

Excellent. Any more opinions?

 

[Finnie]

I think 2,3,4, and 5 are cockerels, 8,9 and 12 might be pullets, and 1,6,7,10,&11 are too young to say. Their combs aren't super big yet, but they could be in another week or two.

 

[Gray Farms]

Crap. I hope you're wrong! Can you explain why you think that?

Age/Comb development. Anything with much comb at 3 weeks is likely a cockerel. Not an exact science though.

 

[drumstick diva]

agree with that