Can these chicks be sexed yet??

[BrahmaBaby]

Hi everyone, this is my first time asking a question on here! Anyway, I just recently got a few chicks. There are two that I am wondering if they are going to be roosters or if I’m just overthinking. First, I read that Olive Eggers can be sexed by males having a white dot on their head. I am wondering if that is true. I will attach photos of the two that I got, one with a faint white dot and relatively dark brown, and the other with no dot and more prominently striped. Second, I have another chick that i believe is a golden laced Wyandotte. It seems to stand up relatively straight and its comb looks really wide compared to chicks I’ve gotten prior. Just wondering if anyone has helpful advice or any idea of the sex of these two chicks!

 

[GlicksChicks]

Have you gotten wyandotte chicks prior, or just single comb chickens?

 

[BrahmaBaby]

Have you gotten wyandotte chicks prior, or just single comb chickens?

I haven’t gotten any Wyandotte's before. Wondering if that’s just how their combs look? I have a couple adults that have a rose comb and a Brahma which has a pea comb.

 

[GlicksChicks]

I haven’t gotten any Wyandotte's before. Wondering if that’s just how their combs look? I have a couple adults that have a rose comb and a Brahma which has a pea comb.

Oh yes! Their combs look like that. They have rose combs. Here is a picture of my Silver Laced Wyandotte hen!

I apologize for such a late response!

 

[BrahmaBaby]

Oh yes! Their combs look like that. They have rose combs. Here is a picture of my Silver Laced Wyandotte hen!
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I apologize for such a late response!

Thank you so much!! Your Wyandotte is so pretty! Have you got any idea on the olive egger or is it too early to tell?

 

[GlicksChicks]

Thank you so much!! Your Wyandotte is so pretty! Have you got any idea on the olive egger or is it too early to tell?

You may be right about the white spot for a male because some breeds of Olive Eggers have that sexlink trait.

For now, you can assume male until it gers bigger and then you can post an update on it around 6-8 weeks old.

 

[BrahmaBaby]

You may be right about the white spot for a male because some breeds of Olive Eggers have that sexlink trait.

For now, you can assume male until it gers bigger and then you can post an update on it around 6-8 weeks old.

Thank you for your help!! I’ll be sure to post an update!

 

[Ridgerunner]

I read that Olive Eggers can be sexed by males having a white dot on their head. I am wondering if that is true.

They can be if the mother is barred and the rooster is not. And the down is a color that you can see the spot. That does not apply just to olive eggers, that applies to every chicken out there. That's how you make Black Sex Links. Do you know that the mother was barred and the farther was not? If you don't know that then that spot doesn't mean a thing regarding the sex of the chick.

I have another chick that i believe is a golden laced Wyandotte. It seems to stand up relatively straight and its comb looks really wide compared to chicks I’ve gotten prior.

The wide comb doesn't mean anything regarding sex. It means it has a rose comb like Wyandotte are supposed to have.

Those chicks are too young to sex yet. You can try posting photos when they are 5 weeks old, one close-up showing the head so we can see the comb and whether it has wattles. A second profile showing the legs, posture, and body composition. Five weeks may still be too young but often we can sex them at that age.

 

[BrahmaBaby]

They can be if the mother is barred and the rooster is not. And the down is a color that you can see the spot. That does not apply just to olive eggers, that applies to every chicken out there. That's how you make Black Sex Links. Do you know that the mother was barred and the farther was not? If you don't know that then that spot doesn't mean a thing regarding the sex of the chick.


The wide comb doesn't mean anything regarding sex. It means it has a rose comb like Wyandotte are supposed to have.

Those chicks are too young to sex yet. You can try posting photos when they are 5 weeks old, one close-up showing the head so we can see the comb and whether it has wattles. A second profile showing the legs, posture, and body composition. Five weeks may still be too young but often we can sex them at that age.

I read a bunch of other threads before posting this and most said you can’t tell sex until they’re a few weeks older but I thought maybe it was worth a shot. I have no idea what the parents are of the Olive Eggers because they came from a farm store.