Are these chicks old enough to tell Gender?

[Galitaya]

Are these chicks old enough to see what gender they are?

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

How old are they? Generally you can tell between 6-8 weeks by comb color and development.

 

[Galitaya]

Ahh... they are 5 weeks now. Will wait...

 

[LadiesAndJane]

What breed are they? They look like they may be a hybrid. Can help in determining gender.
They all look pretty girly so far anyway.

 

[Galitaya]

They are koekoek...

 

[Galitaya]

One of them are black... don’t think he/she is a koekoek

 

[LadiesAndJane]

They are koekoek...

So interesting. I had never heard of this breed before. Apparently it’s a breed-specific to South Africa developed in the 1960s using Australorps, white leg horns and barred rock among others.
Learn something new every day!

 

[nuthatched]

So interesting. I had never heard of this breed before. Apparently it’s a breed-specific to South Africa developed in the 1960s using Australorps, white leg horns and barred rock among others.
Learn something new every day!

Do you suppose they can be sexed like barred rocks, then?

 

[nuthatched]

Second one has a rather large comb, maybe the fourthe one too.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Found this on wikipedia: Looks like they are sexable at hatch:

"The Potchefstroom Koekoek is a South African breed of chicken[1] developed in the 1960s at the Potchefstroom Agricultural College in the city of Potchefstroom by Chris Marais. It was developed by cross breeding a number of other breeds like Black Australorp,[2] White Leghorn,[2] and Barred Plymouth Rock to obtain specific characteristics of each, making the resulting breed more suitable to Southern African conditions.

The breed was intended as a dual purpose, free ranging chicken with laying capabilities as well as a large structure for meat production. Pure Koekoeks have a black-and-white barred appearance, with the chicks sexable soon after hatching due to distinct sex markings. Potchefstroom Koekoeks maintain good egg production even with poor quality or insufficient feeding.[3]"

Cool!