4 week old chicks - what have I got here???

[Ilovechickens2525]

Hello! I need help determining if these are Roos or pullets!

I am pretty confident a few are roosters, but want your second opinions before giving them away (the most roostery of all is my absolute favourite- of course!). A few I’m leaning pullet, and then some I’m just not sure either way!

They are all 4 weeks old, some are marans, some are mosaic (or so called, one doesn’t have blue skin at all), four Swedish flower hens, and one lone Icelandic.

The four Swedish flower hens seem to all have relatively small pale combs compared to some of the other breeds. But I know I can’t be lucky enough to have all pullets from that breed! (The white one and the penguin/panda looking ones).

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

4,6, 10 look like cockerels. Numbering them in the photos would be helpful to get more opinions

 

[Slothinc]

To me, pictures 4, 6 and 10 look like boys for sure. There are a few others that may be questionable!

 

[Ilovechickens2525]

Thanks! Those are the ones I suspected as well! Number 6 is such a sweet boy but there was really no doubt lol.

 

[WingItRanch]

In addition to 4, 6, and 10... I think 3 might also be a cockerel.

 

[Ilovechickens2525]

In addition to 4, 6, and 10... I think 3 might also be a cockerel.

Darn, I hope not! That one is so sweet!

Realizing that I forgot a pic of my other marans, but its comb looks basically the same as this one.

 

[redinator]

Hello! I need help determining if these are Roos or pullets!

I am pretty confident a few are roosters, but want your second opinions before giving them away (the most roostery of all is my absolute favourite- of course!). A few I’m leaning pullet, and then some I’m just not sure either way!

They are all 4 weeks old, some are marans, some are mosaic (or so called, one doesn’t have blue skin at all), four Swedish flower hens, and one lone Icelandic.

The four Swedish flower hens seem to all have relatively small pale combs compared to some of the other breeds. But I know I can’t be lucky enough to have all pullets from that breed! (The white one and the penguin/panda looking ones).

I find it safer the to assume the friendliest are roos . . .they are little heartbreakers, lol

And I agree 4, 6 and 10 are roos.

Icelandic is at the top of my list for chicks next time around, they're so awesome looking.

 

[Ilovechickens2525]

I find it safer the to assume the friendliest are roos . . .they are little heartbreakers, lol

And I agree 4, 6 and 10 are roos.

Icelandic is at the top of my list for chicks next time around, they're so awesome looking.

So true!

My son selected the icelandics for us!

Here’s his one from our previous hatch, I think she’s stunning!

 

[redinator]

So true!

My son selected the icelandics for us!

Here’s his one from our previous hatch, I think she’s stunning!

With her coloring


And his crest


I could get some really cute chicks . . . she's an EE and he's a BYM, I think they both have Icelandic in their mix, but maybe that's just wishful thinking, lol.

Edited: typo

This is them as chicks

 

[Ilovechickens2525]

With her coloring
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And his crest
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I could get some really cute chicks . . . she's an EE and he's a BYM, I think they both have Icelandic in their mix, but maybe that's just wishful thinking, lol.

Edited: typo

This is them as chicks
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Ohhh yes! You need to hatch some of her eggs with him as dad!

I honestly love the little crests! I have three legbar babies too, didn’t bother including them since they are autosexing. The one that I had to assist hatch turned out to be an opal legbar, I’m so excited that one is a hen! She’s going to be so pretty!