Can someone explain-YouTube in Post #12

[speckledhen]

sab, if you're having a hard time on these young ones, you can part the back feathers, about mid back, and look at the new ones starting out from the skin. Those should be very shiny and pointy, not dull and round-tipped, if the chick is male. At 9 weeks, some chicks have their first male saddle feathers and some don't just yet.

 

[sab]

Ok
Best I can do --- a youtube of my birds:

Please view and tell me these are all ladies....
I want them to be ladies....

For the life of me, all their feathers are rounded. The 2 red ones (I believe are Rhode Island Red or New Hampshire Reds) are starting to get dark feathering mixed in with their red. Looks almost blue. Those look pointed because of the coloring. The feather doesn't look pointed.

Thanks!

 

[Noymira]

Quote:
You're video is set on private, I could not view it. The picture in your first post is no longer working either.

 

[sab]

Oops
Fixed those things. Original picture has been replaced. You should be able to see the YouTube now.
Thanks

 

[speckledhen]

If you are truly sure of their ages, those two red ones are males, no question. They may not have all their pointy male feathers obvious to you yet, but no pullets have combs and wattles that red and that large at 9 weeks old.

 

[sab]

Not THAT sure of their ages. Ordered through a local store. They may have more age on them than I know about.
Guess I am going to have to find them a home.... dang - I wanted hens...