Gender Identity Crisis at 7 Weeks **LOTS 'O PIX**

[KDH]

OK. Not really a crisis - just seemed like a catchy topic title.

Anyway, these are my four Golden Laced Wyandotte chicks - hatchery straight run. They all have little wattles - combs are yellow-ish pink-tinged. I can't tell any particular differences in them. In fact, other than one that's smallest (and also has the darkest feathers) that I can sort of identify, I'm going to have to get leg bands on them to tell them apart - so if roos and hens are supposed to look pretty different at 7 weeks old, I'm not seeing it ('course, I'm also a chicken greenhorn).

Anyway, please take a look-see at these and let me know what you think as to their gender(s). And thanks in advance.

1. One little chickie...

2. Two little chickie...

3. Three together. Sorry the kid in the back doesn't show too much.

4. "Got Worm?" No better way to get little chickies to want to pose for the camera (or, more often, careen all over the tops of each other in a greedy mad worm-scramble free-for-all).

5. This is the best picture I could get of all four of them together to compare. They weren't very cooperative.

6. If chickens took exercise classes. "And now, everyone reeeaacchhh!! Feel the streeetttcchh!!" Holding a worm up is wonderful incentive for maximum chicken-stretchage...

Thanks in advance for helping me assign gender to these guys (or gals).

Karen

 

[Bantimna]

Okay I think that the two middle ones in this pic are roos. I think the two outer ones are pullets

This one looks like a girl

Not sure

The middle one looks like a roo.

I hope you can figure out the gender soon

Sibone

 

[lisa new chickens]

They all look like hens to me!

 

[elmo]

The way I could tell with mine was by comparison with the other same age chicks. The one who turned out to be a roo developed a bigger comb than his flockmates beginning at a quite early age.

 

[emys]

Third one down in the line up photo is absolutely a rooster. Second one down in the line up photo could still go either way...

 

[chickenlover54]

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no way! I see atleast 3 boys, but I'd say you have 4 roos

 

[chickenlover54]

The only one that has any chance on earth is the one on the far right in the pic of all 4

 

[sbarab]

I think you've got 4 roos.

 

[Pet Duck Boy]

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Wow...really? What makes them roos?

 

[KDH]

It would be truly hysterical (and not in a funny way - although I'm sure I'll laugh at it anyway) if I managed to keep four roos and no hens!