Ayam cemani chicks

[HeatherKellyB]

My apologies that I'm not confident in sexing birds but I wanted to comment. Your Ayam Cemani / Crested Cream Legbar cross is absolutely gorgeous!! I love a crested bird

 

[raingarden]

Fisrt picture. Female on the left, male on the right.

 

[MixedFlock23]

My guess is that they are all pullets. Here’s a photo of our only Ayam Cemani. He crowed just before he turned six weeks old. This photo is of him at 9 weeks old.

 

[Ylva]

At 10 weeks:

 

[Bigtom Turkey]

The pictured birds in you latest post are males. All have male specific feathering.
*ETA not the one by the window, need better pics to confirm on that one.*

 

[raingarden]

You can't really go by the iridescence. The bird in the hand is male for sure. There is still hope for the others. Comparing combs in birds of the same age is what has worked best for me.

 

[MixedFlock23]

At 10 weeks:

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@Ylva, I believe they are all pullets! And so beautiful!! Love the iridescent feathers. My black hens have “mermaid feathers” as we call them too.
(The bird in hand was my cockerel, @raingarden )

 

[raingarden]

The bird in hand was my cockerel,

Oh, I'm so embarrassed. I was scrolling through and they all seemed to run together. How old is that cockerel? I'm obsessed with the combs on these things.

 

[MixedFlock23]

Oh, I'm so embarrassed. I was scrolling through and they all seemed to run together. How old is that cockerel? I'm obsessed with the combs on these things.

@raingarden Don't be embarrassed! They often do all combine into one when viewed larger/full screen and we click the arrows to view the next one. I've done the same. The photo of him in my hand was taken when he was just 9 weeks old (a week younger than the OPs birds now).

He hatched in August of 2020, so he's nearly 2 now, but we returned him to the breeder we got him from (as a week old chick) last year after he started attacking our kiddos.

He was so pretty though, but we can't have mean roos. (We have two nice roos now.)
Here's his pic from right before he went back to his first home around 10 months old, I believe. The breeder wasn't happy with his wattles as they aren't up to breed standards having that bit of mulberry color, but we enjoyed him until he got mean. (His two Silkies hatchmates went back to the farm with him as we didn't need more roos.)

 

[raingarden]

I would be proud of that one. The mulberry is not too bad while the comb and everything else is perfect.... to my eye. It's a shame he had a bad day.