4 weeks old male or female?

[eworms]

I let a broody hen sit some eggs and the chicks are four weeks old now. Breed is backyard mix, but I'll speculate about parentage below. I'm mainly curious about their sexes.

You can see all three chicks in this picture. 1. Black frizzle 2. Grey frizzle 3. Brown


1. Black Frizzle: Mother: Frizzle Easter Egger Father: Black Ameraucana?
What's your guess on sex and why?


2. Grey Frizzle: Mother: Frizzle Easter Egger, Father: Blue Ameraucana?
Sex?


3. Brown: Mother: No idea, Father: Cream Legbar or Bielefelder? Guessing Legbar because it's smaller.
Sex?
Also, this one is *very* difficult to catch.

 

[Jener8or]

The last one, the comb-width is a little questionable. None of the others seem to have boyish combs yet (to me).

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I don't think I zoomed in on any of these, the first time I looked, so now that I did, the first one does have a pretty raised comb and so does the 2nd. The 3rd one doesn't really yet, so I think I agree with @SilverBirds' thinking on those ones.

 

[SilverBirds]

The black and gray frizzles are already starting to turn red so I'm leaning males, but it's still early. The third chick I can't see well enough to say anything confidently. I'd repost pictures of them in 2-3 weeks.

 

[eworms]

Good to know, thank you. Part of what makes it so difficult for me is not knowing breed and not being skilled in figuring out what a chicken's comb will look like once it's grown. Legbars and Bielefelders have much more prominent combs than most of the breeds I've got.

 

[eworms]

The comb on the brown one is definitely broader than the other two, though I've got some pea and rose combs in the flock and one could definitely be its mother. (It had a chipmunk pattern at hatch which suggests to me the father was a legbar).

Chickens are much easier to catch at night. It's kinda funny, these chicks are small enough that the grown chickens won't allow them on the roosting bar so they perched on its supports to be near the mother hen.

 

[SilverBirds]

The comb on the brown one is definitely broader than the other two, though I've got some pea and rose combs in the flock and one could definitely be its mother. (It had a chipmunk pattern at hatch which suggests to me the father was a legbar).

Chickens are much easier to catch at night. It's kinda funny, these chicks are small enough that the grown chickens won't allow them on the roosting bar so they perched on its supports to be near the mother hen.
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Looks like it has a rose comb. The comb doesn't necessarily look like a cockerel, but I think I'm seeing barred feathers that could mean male depending on the type of mix he is.

 

[eworms]

Looks like it has a rose comb. The comb doesn't necessarily look like a cockerel, but I think I'm seeing barred feathers that could mean male depending on the type of mix he is.

I've got an assortment of hens from Meyer. 3 Silver Laced Wyandottes, an assortment of eggers, and several breeds and hybrids with single combs. Guess I'll have to wait a bit longer and see.