Omg! Haha I call it the “come at me bro” too!!! I was just talking about how funny it is watching such little chickens chest bump. I’m sorry I won’t be much help but I have heard that even females will sometimes do that as part of establishing the pecking order. So the behavior alone doesn’t mean they are all males.
Too soon to tell by coloring, but there are often male combs showing at this age. If someone can hold the chicks and let you get some good close comb pics, we might be able to tell.
First one has a big lumpy male comb.
Update! Now at 5 weeks the lighter one has more feather development and I’m gaining hope it might be a pullet. Comb is about the same size and still peachy not really red. I don’t know what she was crossed with so I’m thinking a bigger single comb breed. She does have some reddish feather areas but her overall coloring is very symmetrical and the hackle feathers coming in are much lore rounded than the pictures I’ve seen of cockerel hackle feathers at this age. What do you think?
The red and patchy look in the last pic makes me think male. Pointed hackles and saddle feathers usually show up closer to 12 weeks, so you can't depend on blunt feathers at this stage as an indication.
Dang! Ok I’m still holding out hope though. Haha I’ll post again next week. Thank you!
Look at those blue eyesLooks like two of mine as well. They haven't laid eggs yet (these pictures were just last week) but I feel pretty confident they are girls.
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