Help Sexing 8 1/2 Week Ameraucana Chicks

[Hannah444]

Hi! I’m hoping that someone will help me sex my 8 1/2 Week Ameraucana chicks. I am confident on the gender of the other chicks but cannot tell if these guys are cockerels or pullets?

Chick #1

Chick #2

Chick #3

Chick #4

Chick #

The combs of chicks 4 and 5 don’t get redder than what’s pictured above. Chick 5 is also ten days older than the others. Also, pretty sure chick 3 is a cockerel! but not totally sure.

 

[LePetitPoulet]

#1& 3 look like cockerels to me, 4&5 pullets. #2 is a little harder but at this point I’d guess puller also. You can see a little difference in the color and size of their combs. The 1&3 seem slightly larger and brighter.

 

[Skyle]

1 and 3 seem to be cockerels. Pea combs are a bit hard to tell apart though. To be sure you can wait some a couple weeks and sex them by the shape of the saddle feathers. If they are rounded, it's a pullet, if they're pointy it's a cockerel.

 

[LCsAChickenLover]

Agree with the above 1 and 3 cockerels and keep and eye on chick 2, could be a late developer. Pretty birds

 

[cherrynberry]

Agree with the above 1 and 3 cockerels and keep and eye on chick 2, could be a late developer. Pretty birds

Agreed, 1 and 3 are cockerels, 2 is suspicious

 

[Iluveggers]

Can you guys tell anything from the back feathers? I’ve been trying to get my guesses correct but I was wrong on these...how can you tell?

 

[cherrynberry]

Can you guys tell anything from the back feathers? I’ve been trying to get my guesses correct but I was wrong on these...how can you tell?

Back feathers dont mean a thing with these chicks at this age. As long as the breeds are not an autosexing or sexlinked breed, at this age, its best to go by comb growth.

 

[LCsAChickenLover]

Can you guys tell anything from the back feathers? I’ve been trying to get my guesses correct but I was wrong on these...how can you tell?

In a few short weeks the hackle and saddles start to sprout. My 10 week old ameraucana cockerel just started getting his earlier this week..
It will look like this

 

[Iluveggers]

In a few short weeks the hackle and saddles start to sprout. My 10 week old ameraucana cockerel just started getting his earlier this week..
It will look like this

Thank you for that explanation it helps a lot!

 

[Hannah444]

In a few short weeks the hackle and saddles start to sprout. My 10 week old ameraucana cockerel just started getting his earlier this week..
It will look like this

Thanks for the visual. Will definitely have to keep an eye out in the coming weeks!