Help me sex my chicks!

[Welshies]

So my 8 or 9 week old chicks are ready to be sexed They are a mixed breed, here is the father and the mommas (the black one brooded them)

I think I have 5 pullets, but I need your guys' advice.
This one, Tip, has no feathers on its head. I believe she's a pullet, because her comb is so tiny, even though it looks bigger with no feathers surrounding it. What do you think? (Pic 1)

Then we have these two. Opinions? (Pic 2)

Then, we've got these guys. They all look like pullets to me. Thoughts? (Pic 3)

 

[Lamaremybabies]

The barred one in the second pic looks like a cockerel, otherwise I’d say the rest are pullets

 

[Pyxis]

Is your rooster barred? I can't quite tell from the picture.

 

[Welshies]

Is your rooster barred? I can't quite tell from the picture.

 

[Pyxis]

Doesn't look barred. If he isn't barred, every barred chick you have is male in that case, thanks to how the barred gene works.

 

[Welshies]

Doesn't look barred. So every barred chick you have is male in that case, thanks to how the barred gene works.

Really? I'm sort of doubtful of that. 2 of my hens are mixed breed so is my rooster. Almost all my barreds look like hens.

 

[Pyxis]

Really? I'm sort of doubtful of that. 2 of my hens are mixed breed so is my rooster. Almost all my barreds look like hens.

Barring is a sex linked gene. How it works is that a hen that is barred always passes the barred gene to her sons, but not to her daughters. So, if you have a non-barred rooster over barred hens, all cockerels hatch barred and all pullets hatch solid, and it's impossible for a pullet to be barred, since pullets only ever inherit barring from their father.

So, if your rooster isn't barred, then the barred ones have to be male. That's how black sex links are made.

 

[Sneebsey]

No, I agree, the rooster doesn't appear to be barred, and therefore the chicks from the barred hens are black sex-linked; all barred birds must be cockerels.

When a non-barred male is mated to a barred female, it creates a black sex-link; females can only carry one barring gene, and can only pass that gene on to their sons, never their daughters.

 

[Welshies]

No, I agree, the rooster doesn't appear to be barred, and therefore the chicks from the barred hens are black sex-linked; all barred birds must be cockerels.

When a non-barred male is mated to a barred female, it creates a black sex-link; females can only carry one barring gene, and can only pass that gene on to their sons, never their daughters.

What about the black hen? Lots of those babies are hers.
And on top of that, my roosters chest is barred, guys.

Barring is a sex linked gene. How it works is that a hen that is barred always passes the barred gene to her sons, but not to her daughters. So, if you have a non-barred rooster over barred hens, all cockerels hatch barred and all pullets hatch solid, and it's impossible for a pullet to be barred, since pullets only ever inherit barring from their father.

So, if your rooster isn't barred, then the barred ones have to be male. That's how black sex links are made.

 

[Sneebsey]

If he was barred, I believe his tail would show barring too; it's a pretty dominant gene. I did consider the white in his chest and underside, but I think it's likely some incomplete lacing genes messing with the black pigment, as on certain e-loci, these can leave the tail unaffected.