Any gender guesses for BCM and white legbar

[Shellebelle920]

I have no idea about the BCM’s but i’m Guessing cockerel for the legbar. What do you all think? They’re just a bit over a week old, so it is probably too early.
Pic 1: BCM1
Pic 2: BCM1&2
Pic 3: BCM1&2
Pic 4: BCM 1&2
Pic 5: BCM 3
Pic 6: BCM 3
Pic 7: legbar 1
Pic 8: legbar 1

 

[Gray Farms]

Way to early to tell just now. Post updated pics at about 6-8 weeks of age.

 

[Leahs Coop]

It's definitely way too early to determine their gender right now, please try posting again in about 6 weeks!

 

[Shellebelle920]

Alright. I’m just being impatient. Lol!

 

[Table4Six]

They are too young to be sure of gender as stated above, but if I had to take a guess, I’d say three boys. Cute chicks.

 

[Gray Farms]

Your not alone lol. Update with pics say towards the end of May.

 

[Table4Six]

They are too young to be sure of gender as stated above, but if I had to take a guess, I’d say three boys. Cute chicks.

I should’ve been more specific, the three BCMs are the ones I’m guessing male on. It’s hard to pick out any gender hinting details for the last chick because of the light quality.

 

[CaramelKittey]

Unfortunately there is not a good way to sex them at this age. When they are about 4 weeks old, look at their combs. Cockerels have larger reddish/pinkish combs while pullets have smaller pale/yellow combs. From 1-2 days old there is a way to tell if they are male or female by their wings however, this way is not very accurate and can only be performed from 1-2 days of age.

Hope this helped! And by the way, those chickens a so cute!

 

[Shellebelle920]

Thanks so much. They’re Little Peddler Marans, so I’m hoping that at least one is a pullet! I’ll just have to be patient like everyone else. Lol!

 

[GaryDean26]

I have no idea about the BCM’s but i’m Guessing cockerel for the legbar. What do you all think? They’re just a bit over a week old, so it is probably too early.

BCM1 - Pullet
BCM2 - Cockerel
BCM3 - Cockerel
Legbar1 - Cockerel

On the BCM's the color of the face is a pretty reliable indicator of sex. The white faces chicks are pullets and the black faces ones are cockerels.

It can get a little tricky though because if you are carrying a Recessive Primary color pattern such as Wheaten [eWh], wild type [e+] or [eb] the chick will be completely black regardless of gender.

I hatched four LP Marans six or seven years ago and they were all cockerels so i didn't learn too much about that specific line but it seamed to be about the same as other blood lines. The chicks didn't get any white feathers in their juvenile wings but that was about the only difference.

Most BMC lines have both the preferred Birchen [E] and the extended black [EE]. that can further confuse things. If you get [EE] extended black in your line you are line you will get hens without copper on their hackles. Breeders will try to correct that by breeding birds with red enhancers in them. It will bring a trace of red to the [EE] birds but then the birds will get red down there brest and other area where it shouldn't be. Your cockerels should have copper ear coverts. If they have black ear coverts then they have the [EE] and have no value as a breeder. If I remember correct (and it has been a long time so I may not), I got two cockerels with the black ear coverts and two with the black coverts from my four LP cockerels. The Cock in my avatar is one of the LP boys. He is next to a Wade Gene girls. His name was red because he got too much red. At 3 days old there was red in his wings. If you watch the wings that is another indication of wether you have an [e] or [EE] based bird. The [EE] is a double dosage of black and the [E] is a single dosage. The [EE] birds will not show any red coloring in their wing for over a week while the [E] birds will show it in a day or two.

Good luck. It looks like you got one more pullet than I did and two fewer cockerels. That doesn't give you a lot to work with but it is a start.