Age & Sex of Chicks

[swift081702]

Ok, we picked up these little Wheaten/Blue Wheaten Ameraucana's yesterday. I understood that we were getting day old chicks, hatched Wednesday. However, there is a huge size difference between the chicks. Two of the chicks are much larger, have a brown tint to their backs, feathers are much further along, and already have tail feathers. They even strut around differently. Could the two larger ones be roos or are they just older? We paid for all females.

Here's a pic of one of the larger ones:

and Here is the smaller one:

 

[gritsar]

My guess is there is just a few days difference in age. They grow so quickly at that age.

 

[Becky_H]

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Seconded. Plus roosters are slow getting their tailfeathers in, or at least often seem to be when compared to pullets.