Cockerels or Pullets?

[CrazyChickains]

We have 11, 6 week old chicks and are wondering if anyone is able to ID them as pullets or cockerels. We live in town and are only allowed to keep 6 pullets/hens and don't want to keep cockerels on mistake.

 

[CrazyChickains]

Here are all the chicks

 

[fluffycrow]

You've got mostly cockerels. The first and eighth bird are pullets, and then there are two more which could develop wither way

 

[sybonbon]

We have 11, 6 week old chicks and are wondering if anyone is able to ID them as pullets or cockerels. We live in town and are only allowed to keep 6 pullets/hens and don't want to keep cockerels on mistake.

No offense but why didn't you get autosexing or sexlink chick's if you can't have roosters? That way it's always a sure thing.

 

[Holdthechicken]

No offense but why didn't you get autosexing or sexlink chick's if you can't have roosters? That way it's always a sure thing.

Not speaking for OP, but I will say I grew up with chickens my entire life 30+ years, and it wasn’t until after I bought my first five for my own backyard that I learned about autosexing/sex links. Let’s just say mind blown

 

[CrazyChickains]

No offense but why didn't you get autosexing or sexlink chick's if you can't have roosters? That way it's always a sure thing.

Since our 12 year old daughter is homeschooled, and a farmer friend asked if she would like to hatch her own chicks, we said yes! She borrowed us her small incubator, and gave us some fertile eggs from her own chickens. It was a great experience, and teaching and learning opportunity for us all.

 

[Folly's place]

Will your friend take those cockerels back, or will you put them in your freezer? Best to start 'sifting' sooner, not later. They are all very cute though.
At six weeks, any larger red comb is a cockerel.
Mary

 

[sybonbon]

Not speaking for OP, but I will say I grew up with chickens my entire life 30+ years, and it wasn’t until after I bought my first five for my own backyard that I learned about autosexing/sex links. Let’s just say mind blown

Wow, really. 8 years ago when I got my first flock and knew I didn't want roosters, I did my research and got 4 sexlinks. All of the retail farm stores have them.18 chickens later, still no roosters. I thought everyone could do the same.

 

[sybonbon]

Since our 12 year old daughter is homeschooled, and a farmer friend asked if she would like to hatch her own chicks, we said yes! She borrowed us her small incubator, and gave us some fertile eggs from her own chickens. It was a great experience, and teaching and learning opportunity for us all.

Ok, so another learning experience for her is you don't know what you will get when hatching chickens. And she will have to learn to part with them. maybe the farmer friend will take them.

 

[CrazyChickains]

Will your friend take those cockerels back, or will you put them in your freezer? Best to start 'sifting' sooner, not later. They are all very cute though.
At six weeks, any larger red comb is a cockerel.
Mary

Yes she will take them back and we also have other places to go with the chicks we cannot keep, which are not our freezer.
We have heard to “sift” sooner than later as well. Thank you for your kind response, Mary.