Help me guess the sex of my chicks 😊

[Lisa3315]

Only #1 and #6 look to be boys so far. Agree that the Marans is a little suspect. All others look to be female at this age anyway.

Oh, thank you! I hope you're right

 

[Lemon-Drop]

All i think is that #1 is definitely a cockerel... the comb is very red, not sure about the others

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Thinking all pullets so far except #1.

 

[Lisa3315]

All i think is that #1 is definitely a cockerel... the comb is very red, not sure about the others

Yeah, there isn't much question about #1 I could tell he was probably going to be a cockerel at 2 weeks. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that he's the only one!

 

[Lisa3315]

Thinking all pullets so far except #1.

You're making my night! I sure hope you're right. Nothing against roosters I was hoping to have one in the flock. But I'm just not sure I'm ready for a rooster flock yet. I did read your article and posts earlier tonight though! Your rooster flock is beautiful!

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Thinking all pullets so far except #1.

I agree. I am absolutely not seeing the cockerels everyone else is and also many of your breeds have sex-specific coloring

 

[Painted Calls]

Thinking all pullets so far except #1.

Agreed. I'm not seeing enough comb development for the others to cause concern yet. Plus some of the patterns..

 

[JadeFarms]

My instincts are in order:
Cockerel, cockerel, pullet, pullet, pullet, pullet, cockerel, cockerel.

I usually have more luck with hackle feathers than combs or tails. My mom can tell from the legs in person

Hackles do not tell gender at this age. Hens can have pointy hackles and males sometimes don’t develop very pointed hackles. At this age you look at comb size and color of the males and females if they have sex linked color to tell gender.

The second bird is 100% a female because of color and comb size for example.

 

[JadeFarms]

Thinking all pullets so far except #1.

I agree, they are young though so it’ll be better to see them once they are a couple weeks older.

 

[Lisa3315]

I agree. I am absolutely not seeing the cockerels everyone else is and also many of your breeds have sex-specific coloring

Agreed. I'm not seeing enough comb development for the others to cause concern yet. Plus some of the patterns..

I agree, they are young though so it’ll be better to see them once they are a couple weeks older.

Yay! These were such great messages to wake up to this morning! Thank you thank you! I will definitely post more photos when they get to 6 weeks and 8 weeks.