5 1/2 week old Marans - hen or roo?

[Whoops]

Hi

These chicks hatched New Years' Day. The black one is Astrid, some sort of "barnyard mix" and the white one is George, a splash marans.

So, is Astrid a roo and is George a pullet? Or is it too soon to tell? The photos suck. Cell phone, small brooder, wiggly chicks, poor lighting.



Thanks for any insight.

 

[Lady of McCamley]

Your bird in the front is really washed out, but from comb alone, I would say the black one is a rooster (most definitely) and the front one is a pullet.

My 4 week old BCM roo has more comb than your 5 1/2 week pullet. I'm pretty sure he is a roo as his siblings look like your pullet and he looks like your black bird....fairly tell tale when you have chicks hatched the same date from the same parents.

Lady of McCamley

 

[chicken pickin]

I would agree with your guess. Black one is a rooster, light one is a pullet. I have a Marans pullet that hatched the same day as yours (NYDH) and her comb looks just like your marans and my 2 Olive Egger boys the same age look just like your black one. One of my little boys is already crowing.

 

[purplesquirrel]

yeh definitely pale one pullet, black one roo. x

 

[Wyandottes7]

White bird is a pullet, black one is a cockerel.

 

[Whoops]

Thank you, everyone!

I was hoping I was correct in my guess, but I was hoping so much that George (the light chick) was a pullet that I didn't know if I were just seen what I wanted to see.