4 week old chicks, cockerel or pullet?

[jessshell]

Hello, I have 8 chicks that are suppose to be all females, but a couple seem kind of roo like to me. Anything screaming roo? Black one is an orpington and the brown one is a partridge cochin. The cochin is taking a long time to get its feathers in compared to its siblings. They are both 4.5 weeks old.

 

[ChickNanny13]

Too young, repost pics when they're 6 - 8wks ... Cute

 

[cmom]

A male in your first and second picture.

 

[cstephens1987]

A male in your first and second picture.

I'm suspecting the same

 

[chrissynemetz]

I think the black one in the first two pictures could possibly be a cockerel, but they really are still too young to tell for sure. Could you post more pictures in a few weeks?

 

[jessshell]

I think the black one in the first two pictures could possibly be a cockerel, but they really are still too young to tell for sure. Could you post more pictures in a few weeks?

Yeah, I'll post more pics in a couple weeks.

 

[jessshell]

I'm not really worried about my cochin being male, the comb is still extremely small. But my black orpington and speckled sussex are the ones I'm concerned about. They are 5 weeks old right now. I'll post more pics in a couple weeks

 

[cmom]

The first picture a male the second picture can't tell.

 

[jessshell]

For the people that think the black orpington is a cockerel, is it just the larger comb? I haven't noticed any red in his/her comb or wattle. Here's another pic from today, 5 weeks and 2 days old.

 

[Egghead_Jr]

Look at those honking legs. Cockerel.

This new photo shows dew laps coming in at 5 weeks of age. Cockerel.