emergency please help

[Tookie]

what week can you tell the gender exactly? i want to upload some pictures when they get to that age so i can have someone help me out with that would be amazing because im only allowed to keep hens in my neighborhood.

At this age you should be able to tell gender.

 

[nuthatched]

She's just molting. 9 weeks is plenty old to tell gender, let's see her head.

 

[jaredrah777]

She's just molting. 9 weeks is plenty old to tell gender, let's see her head.

At this age you should be able to tell gender.

@Tookie @nuthatched

 

[NatJ]

Looks like pin feathers, which means she's probably molting. Nothing of concern!

Additional details:

Chicks molt quite a few times as they grow up. First they grow tiny chick feathers, then later they are bigger so they lose the tiny feathers and get bigger feathers, and this happens several times before they reach adulthood. When chicks molt, they usually replace a few feathers at a time, so you might notice small bald patches or you might not notice anything.

Once they are grown up, it is common for them to molt once a year, although some adult chickens do partial molts more often than that.

 

[jaredrah777]

Additional details:

Chicks molt quite a few times as they grow up. First they grow tiny chick feathers, then later they are bigger so they lose the tiny feathers and get bigger feathers, and this happens several times before they reach adulthood. When chicks molt, they usually replace a few feathers at a time, so you might notice small bald patches or you might not notice anything.

Once they are grown up, it is common for them to molt once a year, although some adult chickens do partial molts more often than that.

thank u so much

 

[nuthatched]

@Tookie @nuthatched

Your brown ones are both male.

 

[RadEggs]

I hope you can calm down and sleep well tonight. It is stressful to be a new overprotective chicken parent, I had an egg binding scare last night (barley slept) so I get it. If your chicken is acting fine, try your best not to worry. It is 99% of the time fine. Sorry about the stress you went through.

 

[jaredrah777]

Your brown ones are both male.

wtf! how do you know????! if true i gotta get rid of them!

 

[Tookie]

@Tookie @nuthatched

One is definitely a cockerel.

 

[nuthatched]

wtf! how do you know????! if true i gotta get rid of them!

By the pink combs. Watch your language.