9 and 10 week old sex guesses!

[Echelontheory101]

As Mariah Carey would say, its tiiiime

Well actually it's a little early, but my joke stands

Of my 11, I am pretty sure I have mostly pullets but there are a few I'm on the fence on, there's alot of random photos below from today. Theyre 10 and 9 weeks old so I know a little early for sexing.

The ones I am unsure on is mostly the black birchen marans so there's alot of pictures of her/him as its really the only one with any wattle development so far. Noone is really redening up, and even my exchequer leghorn who has large combs and wattles regardless of sex doesn't have super pronounced comb or wattles yet.

The Cream legbar is defintily a pullet based on her colors since the males are more white but just goes to show i dont understand what a pointy or long feather is considered cause her feathers to my inexperienced eyes would say male but shes the only one I can be sure is female cause of the coloring haha!

Morticia the marans I'm unsure on

And then everyone else I'm thinking pullet but happy to hear guesses, maybe the bigger blue splash ameraucana could be a cockerel since theyre so much larger than the 3 other BSA.

Cockerels arent the end of the world for me and honestly I'm kinda hoping one of the ameraucanas is male but obviously don't want more than 1 or 2 considering ratios.

Thanks in advance all!

 

[urlocalcrazychickenlady]

I would say all pullets

 

[Echelontheory101]

I would say all pullets

The marans wattles dont make you nervous? Dont get me wrong I would be thrilled if you're right I'm just super inexperienced with sexing and trying to learn what folks are looking for when they review these photos so I can better guess on my own haha

 

[urlocalcrazychickenlady]

The marans wattles dont make you nervous? Dont get me wrong I would be thrilled if you're right I'm just super inexperienced with sexing and trying to learn what folks are looking for when they review these photos so I can better guess on my own haha

Both of my marans (pullets) had similar looking wattles at that age!

 

[urlocalcrazychickenlady]

Both of my marans (pullets) had similar looking wattles at that age!

Some breeds I’ve had just mature faster than others!

 

[Echelontheory101]

Both of my marans (pullets) had similar looking wattles at that age!

Cool! Ive never had marans before so thats good to know. Thanks!

 

[Echelontheory101]

Some breeds I’ve had just mature faster than others!

I was surprised to see the wattles today because she is the smallest of everyone and was the last to feather out but I also read that can be pretty common with some marans so wasn't sure if the sudden onset meant boy or just growth spurt haha

However she very much could have had them growing for longer than I noticed cause she is really the only one with no interest in sitting in my lap so I dont get a close up look of her very often haha

 

[urlocalcrazychickenlady]

I was surprised to see the wattles today because she is the smallest of everyone and was the last to feather out but I also read that can be pretty common with some marans so wasn't sure if the sudden onset meant boy or just growth spurt haha

However she very much could have had them growing for longer than I noticed cause she is really the only one with no interest in sitting in my lap so I dont get a close up look of her very often haha

Yeah both of my Marans aren’t the friendliest

 

[Echelontheory101]

Yeah both of my Marans aren’t the friendliest

That seems to track with my experience so far as well haha, but just couldn't resist those pretty chocolate eggs! I plan to add 2 more black copper marans next year but otherwise I'm really loving all the other breeds I've picked and will go with more of those for the rest of the second batch for sure

 

[red horse ranch]

I've been hatching and raising chickens for 20 years or more. I don't see any potential roosters in your pics.