Help identifying sex!

[Myramona3]

Hey there, let me know what you guys are thinking, hens or roosters? All about 10 weeks old.

 

[nuthatched]

C is the only cockerel I see.

 

[Myramona3]

C is the only cockerel I see.

That would be so great!!

 

[WingItRanch]

Yes I agree. C is the only obvious cockerel.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Both bared birds are 100% cockerels and have male-specific feathering

 

[Myramona3]

Both bared birds are 100% cockerels and have male-specific feathering

Oh interesting, I wouldn't think that since they look so different! They were completely different looking as baby chicks too. One was grey and one was yellow.

 

[WingItRanch]

I think B is a mix so the barring male-specific trick may not work. I believe that only works with full bred chickens.

 

[rural mouse]

I think B is a mix so the barring male-specific trick may not work. I believe that only works with full bred chickens.

Barring specific: males can carry 1 or 2 copies. 1 copy means they look like pullets.....with the long skinny hackle and saddle feathers, comb, wattles. 2 copies means they look white with black stripes (much lighter than pullets which can only ever carry 1 copy of the barring gene).

I think I'm seeing some of those skinny saddle feathers coming through on B, and while comb/wattles don't show (cut off pic and style on bird), the red face is questionable for a 10 week old bird.

 

[Myramona3]

Barring specific: males can carry 1 or 2 copies. 1 copy means they look like pullets.....with the long skinny hackle and saddle feathers, comb, wattles. 2 copies means they look white with black stripes (much lighter than pullets which can only ever carry 1 copy of the barring gene).

I think I'm seeing some of those skinny saddle feathers coming through on B, and while comb/wattles don't show (cut off pic and style on bird), the red face is questionable for a 10 week old bird.

Thank you for the information! I will be so interested to see if B ends up being a rooster. I feel like at this point B and C feel so opposite to me (comb/waddles and tail pointing up/down, and also temperament), they are all barnyard mixes.

 

[rural mouse]

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Thank you for the information! I will be so interested to see if B ends up being a rooster. I feel like at this point B and C feel so opposite to me (comb/waddles and tail pointing up/down, and also temperament), they are all barnyard mixes.

They're different body types which affects tail position. And tail position means a lot less than you might think.