Another gender question . . . .

[Country_Gal@Heart]

I have 11 chicks (ranging in age from 3+ weeks to over 5 weeks) and I noticed that when they seem startled that 8 of them run into a corner together while the other three hang by the feeder looking around with their tail feathers up. Could this indicate that I have 8 pullets and 3 cockarels? I am new to raising chickens so any help is greatly appreciated!

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

I need some pictures.

 

[acid_chipmunk]

It sounds like some are better friends than the others! Chickens have cliques just like people do. It's just like being in high school again watching them!

 

[Country_Gal@Heart]

Here are pics of my chickens. Sorry if the pics are big, I was unable to resize them.

This is Ellie - I think she is a Welsummer

This is Belle (maybe Bill?) an Ameraucana

This is Glory our bantam Ameraucana

This is Kwee - I think she is a Dark Cornish

This is Dottie -- a silver-laced wyandotte

This is Daisy Mae - a cuckoo maran

This is Dagger - I think another dark cornish

Do you all have any ideas if they are pullets or cockarels? Or if they are a different breed than what I was told? Thank you!

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

Too young to tell their genders. Wait until they're around 4 to 5 months old.

 

[Country_Gal@Heart]

Thanks for the response. I have another question though . . . the bird in the first 2 pics doesn't have any tail feathers and she is 4 weeks old already. My guess is that she is a Welsummer, but I have looked at Welsummer's at 2 weeks and they have tails. She and the other one I have just like her have no tail feathers and not even the beginning of them. Is this normal? Or is there a possibility they are another breed?

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

Um, sometimes it just takes longer for some chicks to grow tail feathers.

 

[LeBlackbird]

ok, Daisy is Not a Cuckoo Maran
1, She has a rose comb
2, She's black

 

[Country_Gal@Heart]

Any suggestions on what Daisy might be??

 

[Happy Chooks]

Country_Gal@Heart :

Any suggestions on what Daisy might be??

I say she's a SLW.​