4 week old chicks. Roos or hens? Breeds?

[Quacking ducks]

Any idea what gender on breeds my 4 week old chicks are? Thanks

1. Hen?

2. Hen?

3. Hen?

4. Hen?

5. Roo?

6. Roo?

7. Roo

8. Roo

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

I see three cockerels, I believe, 4, 7, and 8. Where did you get them?

 

[Quacking ducks]

I see three cockerels, I believe, 4, 7, and 8. Where did you get them?

I already knew 7 and 8. What do you see a number 4 that makes you think it’s a rooster? Just curious I have only had chickens 1 year. I got some eggs from a local farmer and hatched them in one of my incubators

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

I already knew 7 and 8. What do you see a number 4 that makes you think it’s a rooster? Just curious I have only had chickens 1 year. I got some eggs from a local farmer and hatched them in one of my incubators

4’s comb doesn’t look as big, but that’s because he has a pea comb, not a single comb like the others. It’s big for a pea comb, and pink as well. As for breeds, they’re most likely mixed breeds, and you’ll probably have to wait a bit for more adult feathers to come in before identifying what they’re mixed with. Do you know what breeds the farmer had?

 

[Saveria]

4 weeks is a little early to say, but 8 is the only cockerel if I would guess.

 

[Quacking ducks]

4’s comb doesn’t look as big, but that’s because he has a pea comb, not a single comb like the others. It’s big for a pea comb, and pink as well. As for breeds, they’re most likely mixed breeds, and you’ll probably have to wait a bit for more adult feathers to come in before identifying what they’re mixed with. Do you know what breeds the farmer had?

Ok, thanks! I compared #4 with #1 which also has a pee comb and #4 definitely has a bigger comb. The farm I got the eggs from have a lot of different breeds. I do know he has some Ameraucana, Easter Eggers, Rhode Island Red, Production Red, marans, welsummer, orpington, speckled Sussex, Wyandotte, cinnamon queen, barred rock, austra white, etc

 

[Saveria]

If you post at 6 weeks, that will be more accurate.

 

[Quacking ducks]

If you post at 6 weeks, that will be more accurate.

Ok, we are going out of town next weekend and someone else is watching my birds. So I was hoping to figure out which ones are roosters and get rid of them before I left because I also have a four month old rooster. Thanks

 

[sybonbon]

Ok, thanks! I compared #4 with #1 which also has a pee comb and #4 definitely has a bigger comb. The farm I got the eggs from have a lot of different breeds. I do know he has some Ameraucana, Easter Eggers, Rhode Island Red, Production Red, marans, welsummer, orpington, speckled Sussex, Wyandotte, cinnamon queen, barred rock, austra white, etc

The color of the egg could help narrow down the breed, if you remember which eggs went with each chick

 

[Saveria]

Ok, we are going out of town next weekend and someone else is watching my birds. So I was hoping to figure out which ones are roosters and get rid of them before I left because I also have a four month old rooster. Thanks

Got it. They shouldn't bother the rooster till their comb is fully developed, from my experience. Will you be back before they are 3 months old?