Best guesses on gender?

[Doodleboy1234]

I think 1 and 2 are cockerels and the rest are pullets, but I want to be sure they are 5 weeks old and number 2 crowed yesterday.

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5 both parents are different types of marans, hatched from the darkest speckled egg I've ever seen

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Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

1 and 2 look like cockerels. Pullets will not crow.

 

[TwoChicksChix]

1. Possible pullet
2. Possible cockerel
3. Possible pullet
4. Possible pullet
5. Cockerel for sure
6. Possible pullet

I can’t say for sure because 5 weeks is really early to tell gender. Most are done at around 8 weeks. However Marans tend to show gender early, so I’d say 5 is definitely a cockerel.

Also, are you sure #2 was crowing? It is incredibly early for a cockerel to be crowing. It could just be other sounds that their making.

 

[Doodleboy1234]

It was the only bird in the coop and my wife saw him do it and I heard it it was definitely a crow but a squeaky one at that.

 

[tuesdaylove]

5 weeks is much too early to make an accurate guess, but I think that #5 is by far the most masculine-looking of the bunch.

 

[Duck_life]

#5 looks cockerel, bigger comb and waddle, might still be early to tell

 

[TwoChicksChix]

I guess it could be a crow. But I wouldn’t say that it’s a for sure sign it’s a boy.

My friend has a little hen who crows, cutest little thing.

I’d wait and post new pictures once they’re 8-10 weeks old.

 

[Doodleboy1234]

Number 1 is bigger than all the rest and is an EE mix and has brown coming in between its wings and on the leading edge

 

[Doodleboy1234]

1 and 2 are by far the most aggressive, and number 5 is the only one with 2 single comb parents

 

[TwoChicksChix]

Aggressive also doesn’t mean male. I have some roosters that are the sweetest thing and will cuddle up in my arms and are huge babies to the other hens.

And some hens who are downright nasty.