Do i have pullets or roo's?

[erinangele]

My "girls" are 4 weeks old now, and everyone is following the same feathering pattern except my SS so im a little suspicious. I know it's still pretty early, but i thought the experts here may have some sexing tricks

Here are the chicks in question:

Speckled Sussex

RIR

And my EE

And just for comparison, here are all the girls. Notice how scraggly my SS looks compared to the rest of the flock!

Any opinions?

 

[magicpigeon]

Speckled sussex looks like a roo to me. Maybe the RIR as well. They are very young though.... so I'd wait for a few weeks and then post again

 

[hokankai]

come back in 6 weeks and you'll get a pretty accurate answer

 

[JulieNKC]

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[AZBootsie]

Total guess here. Too young for me to tell. But, Sussex looks to be strutting like a little roo and the color of your EE seems roo'ish.

 

[stormylady]

Its just too early to get a 100% guess right now.

 

[brandoncakes]

Arent Sussex chickens slow growers? Probably why she's still downy. That EE looks like an EE I had back in '93. SHE laid mint eggs )

 

[sonew123]

Im guessing by comb color and legs size

roo
pullet
roo

 

[Cowgirl71]

SS - rooster (slow feathering and check out those big feet!)
RIR - pullet (fast feathering and no rooish signs yet)
EE - pullet (quite sure on this one, EEs can be sexed by color)

 

[fshinggrl]

Yes, your EE is a pullet. I do not know anything about the other breeds though.