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[23kthistlethwaite]

I’m not sure. I got it out of a bin at a local feed store two weeks ago. I’m guessing close to 5 weeks old.

Yeah I’d say about 5 weeks too. She looks similar to my 5week olds in terms of how far along she is in feathering out

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

I could personally wait a little longer to definitively sex, but it's not screaming cockerel yet

 

[KRaZy_WaKa]

Oooooh, what are tell tale signs you have a Cali White Roo vs a Hen? The wife is leaning towards a few of our girls actually being boys, but I'm not convinced. The whole order was supposed to be females, but as I've learned, sexing chicks is maybe not so much of a science and even full grown chickens can be gender deceptive without some kind of sexlinked traits.

Our girls are Cali whites from Hoover Hatchery ordered through TSC and look very similar to OP's, We got them as roughly 2 day old chicks on Feb 4th. Hatched Feb 2nd, if I'm not mistaken, so they're almost 8 weeks. I'm waiting for either eggs or crowing and short of that, I've read certain feathers on a Roo will hang down perpendicular over the side of their body whereas a hen they lay straight back parallel to their body. Wasn't sure if that was all chickens or only certain breeds or styles.

Pics attached, one of the girls on my shoulder from Feb 22, and 2 of them on my shoulder March 18th. Probably not gonna be much good for sexing, but I figured I'd show off some of these spoiled little ones.

 

[TheAlrightyGina]

I'd watch the tail and the comb. The females will have a tail that looks like a flag, with feathers that point up and out, and a floppy comb kinda like a sideways beret. The males will end up with a tail with feathers that point towards the ground, and a large upright (or at least mostly upright) comb.

 

[KRaZy_WaKa]

I'd watch the tail and the comb. The females will have a tail that looks like a flag, with feathers that point up and out, and a floppy comb kinda like a sideways beret. The males will end up with a tail with feathers that point towards the ground, and a large upright (or at least mostly upright) comb.

Guess I'll be waiting to see how their combs develop, their feathers seem to be in constant motion, between stretching wings and legs, and puffing them out. They're so busy, I'd never be able to determine if their tail feathers point up and out or towards the ground they seem to hold them up the majority of the time when they're mobile though. I wouldn't say any of them have particularly large combs as of yet, but a few are starting to show red tint on their head around the comb area and a couple have little red wattles starting to form under their chins already.

 

[isu47858]

Guess I'll be waiting to see how their combs develop, their feathers seem to be in constant motion, between stretching wings and legs, and puffing them out. They're so busy, I'd never be able to determine if their tail feathers point up and out or towards the ground they seem to hold them up the majority of the time when they're mobile though. I wouldn't say any of them have particularly large combs as of yet, but a few are starting to show red tint on their head around the comb area and a couple have little red wattles starting to form under their chins already.

Here are updated pictures of mine. Still not sure if they are pullers or Roos. Hopefully they are pullets.

 

[Chicklove4ever]

Hello im not an expert but i have gotten pretty good on distinguishing male from female this last past year do to all the batches of chicks ive raised and sold.I haven't been wrong yet.From what i can see in the picks ones a pullet the other is cockerel beautiful birds!

 

[isu47858]

Hello im not an expert but i have gotten pretty good on distinguishing male from female this last past year do to all the batches of chicks ive raised and sold.I haven't been wrong yet.From what i can see in the picks ones a pullet the other is cockerel beautiful birds!

Thanks for the reply. I was afraid one was a cockerel but only because of the comb size. I was told leghorns have bright red combs early if they are a male. I believe these are 7 weeks old and the comb is still pink.

 

[TheAlrightyGina]

Thanks for the reply. I was afraid one was a cockerel but only because of the comb size. I was told leghorns have bright red combs early if they are a male. I believe these are 7 weeks old and the comb is still pink.

You could always try weighing them as well. At least in Leghorns, the weight difference is well established. At 7 weeks, a cockerel should be heavier. At 9 weeks, they'd definitely be.

 

[Chicklove4ever]

Thanks for the reply. I was afraid one was a cockerel but only because of the comb size. I was told leghorns have bright red combs early if they are a male. I believe these are 7 weeks old and the comb is still pink.

Thanks for the reply. I was afraid one was a cockerel but only because of the comb size. I was told leghorns have bright red combs early if they are a male. I believe these are 7 weeks old and the comb is still pink.

Hope this helps here is a pic of my leghorn rooster when he was 9 weeks old in this pic. He didnt start getting a red comb until 7 1/2 to 8 weeks old. I know hes a little older in the pic then yours is right now but hope it helps. The other pic is just him now just being his turd self. I love him he's my big turd lol.