Any thoughts on gender for these two?

[mviera101]

I think they’re both cockerels, even though the RSL should be a Pullet based on color. Where did you get them? Could they be mixed breeds?

They came as eggs from a local farmer, not a hatchery. They could definitely be mixed.

 

[mviera101]

View attachment 2480123 This was Hope at 3days old.

Fascinating. How can you tell gender at hatch? and is it just sex links that you can sex this early?

 

[HuffleClaw]

They came as eggs from a local farmer, not a hatchery. They could definitely be mixed.

In that case, I think they are both mixed breeds, and cockerels.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

They came as eggs from a local farmer, not a hatchery. They could definitely be mixed.

If it's not definitely a RSL then I vote probably a mixed breed cockerel. Here's a link to RSL https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/the-truth-and-guide-to-red-sex-links.74294/

EDIT: Wait who told you RSL? If it was the farm then it's probably female RSL, if it was someone else then I vote mixed breed cockerel.

Fascinating. How can you tell gender at hatch? and is it just sex links that you can sex this early?

Sex link and autosexing birds. Sex links are hybrids that allow you tell gender at hatch, and autosexing is a breed that tells gender at hatch (an example of this is the Cream Legbar).

 

[Quaicken108]

If it's not definitely a RSL then I vote probably a mixed breed cockerel. Here's a link to RSL https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/the-truth-and-guide-to-red-sex-links.74294/

EDIT: Wait who told you RSL? If it was the farm then it's probably female RSL, if it was someone else then I vote mixed breed cockerel.

Sex link and autosexing birds. Sex links are hybrids that allow you tell gender at hatch, and autosexing is a breed that tells gender at hatch (an example of this is the Cream Legbar).

X2 I agree!

 

[mviera101]

If it's not definitely a RSL then I vote probably a mixed breed cockerel. Here's a link to RSL https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/the-truth-and-guide-to-red-sex-links.74294/

EDIT: Wait who told you RSL? If it was the farm then it's probably female RSL, if it was someone else then I vote mixed breed cockerel.

Sex link and autosexing birds. Sex links are hybrids that allow you tell gender at hatch, and autosexing is a breed that tells gender at hatch (an example of this is the Cream Legbar).

The farm hasn't stated what they were, they were given as fertile eggs. I posted pictures here last week and was told RSL.

 

[mviera101]

Thank you for that article, and your information, very informative.