Frizzle pekin sexing

[ChickenKeep01]

I have 9 frizzle pekin chicks about 3 months old and i'm wondering if their face colour corresponds with their sexes. For example 4 have dark/purple faces like their dad and they tend to fight with each other and 5 have red faces and show more hen like qualities then the dark faced ones. SO does face colour correspond with sex or is comb size the best way to sex them.

Thanks in advance

 

[JaeG]

At 6 weeks old you can tell the cockerels from the hens by the larger, pinker combs and wattles on the boys - girls have next to none at that age. Both pullets and cockerels will spar with each other to sort out their pecking order. By 3 months old the girls will have just started growing their wattles and combs but theirs will still be smaller and pinker/paler than the cockerels.

These were our two Pekin girls at 3 months old:

 

[JaeG]

The second two do look to have silkie in them due to the longer head feathers behind their combs. How many toes do they have? Silkies have an extra toe which is often passed on to offspring in a silkie mix. It could be that the breeder just didn't know/realise what was in the genetics of their birds. You'd hope that was the case anyway.

 

[chuckachucka]

The second two with the purplish faces are silkie Pekin crosses, I would say. The colour of that last one is so lovely. The first two look like frizzle pekins, but if you are sure they are all from the same parents, they must all be silkie Pekin crosses and some took on different traits from different sides. Silkie crosses can be unpredictable. Cochin is like the American version of a Pekin (actually different breeds but so similar the terms are sometimes used interchangeably).

 

[chuckachucka]

Can you post pics of the dark faced chicks? I ask because I've never seen a dark purple/black faced Pekin. Are you sure they aren't silkie crosses?

 

[ChickenKeep01]

they are frizzle pekin crosses i'm not sure if they have any silke in they but they might. heres some pics they first 2 are red faced and second 2 or the purple faced

 

[ChickenKeep01]

Those are roosters. The second is a silkie mix.

They are from the same clutch with the same mother and father

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

They are from the same clutch with the same mother and father

Than they both are silkie Cochin mixes.

 

[chuckachucka]

I don't think the darker colour skin indicates male or female. If the skin doesn't turn red with maturity then you can still judge male or female by the size of the comb and wattles as well as behaviour. Also around three months sickle and hackle feathers should be developing in males.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Those are roosters. The second is a silkie mix.