Don’t hate me! Are these boys?

[Slothinc]

Short summary: please look at the pictures on this post and let me know if you see one that looks like a girl. They are going to be given away on Saturday. The next post down shows some supposed girls the same age, for comparison.


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Longer post that really doesn’t need to be read:

I am growing out too many chicks and don’t have enough room to continue growing them all out! They are about 7-9 weeks old right now. I found someone willing to take my extra boys on Saturday, which will be so helpful for me. Can you help me by sharing your opinion on some of these chicks??

I want to give away all the for-sure boys, but if any of them are likely girls I should hang on to them. However, if they are probably boys, I should give them up now because it is so difficult to find homes for boys here.

I am pretty positive on most of these being boys, but there are a couple that I can’t tell on because they have feathers kind of growing in, in the area that I thought was all comb. Any insight appreciated, and please don’t hate me for posting this with such young chicks that are difficult to sex breeds.

If I end up giving away a girl or two that’s okay, I just don’t want to give a bunch of them away.

The paint chicks are the ones I am most curious about!! The NNs and the blacks I am almost sure are boys. So if you really want to help, I could sure use opinions on #2, #5 and #6. Numbers 1, 3, 4, 7, and 8 I am sure are the boys. I have until Saturday to decide! Thanks everyone

Oh no, the photos posted all in random order!! Well if you just look at the paint chicks, I put a number on each picture so you can let me know what you think on those ones if possible! Thanks sooo much everyone!

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[Slothinc]

Here are a few pics of other chicks that are presumed girls, if you want to compare them to the ones that may be boys.

 

[2ndTink]

Especially comparing them to your suspected pullets, I can't say you are wrong on your boy guesses. They have little wattles, or red, or mohawk looking starts to their crests.

 

[Slothinc]

Especially comparing them to your suspected pullets, I can't say you are wrong on your boy guesses. They have little wattles, or red, or mohawk looking starts to their crests.

Thanks @2ndTink

I would say that this particular chick (chick #5 above) is the one I am most on the fence about. It’s a smaller chick and the crest seems to go more up than back. But it does have a wider comb, though it is mostly flat. So I dunno! All of the ones in the first post won’t be kept in my flock so if it is a girl, I’ll still be selling her, but I’d rather sell her than give her away you know And I don’t feel good about selling any of these as straight run because they are probably boys.

 

[2ndTink]

Thanks @2ndTink

I would say that this particular chick (chick #5 above) is the one I am most on the fence about. It’s a smaller chick and the crest seems to go more up than back. But it does have a wider comb, though it is mostly flat. So I dunno! All of the ones in the first post won’t be kept in my flock so if it is a girl, I’ll still be selling her, but I’d rather sell her than give her away you know And I don’t feel good about selling any of these as straight run because they are probably boys.

Ok, that was my most questionable one too, I want to say cockerel but... what's one more to feed for a few weeks? Keep it?

 

[Slothinc]

Lol after looking more at this chick, I’m thinking I should probably just give him/her away. The base of the comb is so thick, it’s probably a boy!

 

[2ndTink]

Lol after looking more at this chick, I’m thinking I should probably just give him/her away. The base of the comb is so thick, it’s probably a boy!

It probably is...

What boy / girl ratio are you at? If you are roughly 50/50 your guesses are probably correct, if you are way heavy one way or the other, then maybe you have some incorrect guesses.

 

[Slothinc]

It probably is...

What boy / girl ratio are you at? If you are roughly 50/50 your guesses are probably correct, if you are way heavy one way or the other, then maybe you have some incorrect guesses.

Yeah, close to 50/50, I have 9-10 that I think are girls, and 11-12 that I think are boys. Of course I’ll probably be surprised with a bunch of boys in the group of “girls” that I keep. Im keeping a couple of known boys as well.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Man this is tough because they're just too young to accurately sex. #2 in particular really might be a pullet. I think some of the others could be too. If I had to advocate for keeping one it would be #2. Is the comb "built up" at all? It just looks so flat to me

 

[Slothinc]

Man this is tough because they're just too young to accurately sex. #2 in particular really might be a pullet. I think some of the others could be too. If I had to advocate for keeping one it would be #2. Is the comb "built up" at all? It just looks so flat to me

Thanks @Rhodebar Lover! I agree, #2 is suspect to me as well! I don’t know what’s going on with all the bare skin behind the comb, but if that was filled in with feathering I would probably think it’s a girl. It is quite a bit smaller than most of the other boys. However, it does seem to be a little outgoing which makes me think possibly boy just based on that. Here are some more pics of that one.