Golden 300 Sexing

[akf93]

Need help Sexing these two cuties. There were three different “styles” of Golden 300s. Some solid brown with white on their bills. Some kind of brown/yellow mixed like these two, and then some dark black/bright yellow striped - stark contrast. I’m *hoping* I got girls. The lady at the store (who is VERY knowledgeable but hasn’t had this breed before) said she thought these were the girls and the starkly contrasted ones were the boys. But I’m worried I should have gotten the solid brown ones instead.

 

[Painted Calls]

Need help Sexing these two cuties. There were three different “styles” of Golden 300s. Some solid brown with white on their bills. Some kind of brown/yellow mixed like these two, and then some dark black/bright yellow striped - stark contrast. I’m *hoping* I got girls. The lady at the store (who is VERY knowledgeable but hasn’t had this breed before) said she thought these were the girls and the starkly contrasted ones were the boys. But I’m worried I should have gotten the solid brown ones instead.

From Metzer:

To me both these ducklings look black based. Hard to tell exact hue/shade through pics though.

 

[HollowOfWisps]

It’s hard to tell with the lighting, but they look similar to the one in this thread that ended up being a female. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/hoovers-hatchery-golden-300.1094200/