Help sexing approximately 5 week old chicks

[The Camo Bulldog]

I need a little help sexing my three delaware chicks and one of my australorps.
Delaware 1:

Delaware 2

Delaware 3:

All 3 Delawares:

Australorp:

I know they're terrible pictures because they're under a heat lamp and in a brooder so pictures are impossible, but hopefully someone can help me despite that. TIA!

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Turn off the heat lamp.... not just for photos but because they are so well feathered they no longer need it. Once that's done new photos will allow for gender assessment

 

[The Camo Bulldog]

Turn off the heat lamp.... not just for photos but because they are so well feathered they no longer need it. Once that's done new photos will allow for gender assessment

The problem with turning off the heat lamp is that I have 3 younger chicks in there as well, plus there is no other source of light available in my garage, so they basically just sleep if I fon't give them the heat lamp for light, which is hilarious, but also kind of pitiful. Lol

 

[The Camo Bulldog]

Okay, I went fishing for chicks and managed to get okay pictures of all of them in my lap (don't mind me in some of the pictures, this was a challenge.) The order is different than it was in the original post.

Number one

Number 2

Number 3

Australorp

Hopefully these work a little better!

 

[lazy gardener]

How old are the younger chicks, and what are your day and night temps? It is not healthy for your 5 week old chicks to be under a heat lamp. You can easily stick a regular bulb in the heat lamp socket. In summer weather, your chicks could very easily be weaned from heat at 3 weeks old, if you give them a huddle box. Do you have a coop?

 

[EvansMeXo]

How old are the younger chicks, and what are your day and night temps? It is not healthy for your 5 week old chicks to be under a heat lamp. You can easily stick a regular bulb in the heat lamp socket. In summer weather, your chicks could very easily be weaned from heat at 3 weeks old, if you give them a huddle box. Do you have a coop?

Why is it not healthy? I'm curious bc my coop is taking longer than anticipated to finish and I have 6 ready to go out to it and 4 who are 5days-3weeks. My solution is to have it on at night but off during the day (it's warm enough for the babies but cool enough for the older ones) no one is panting and no one is cold so I thought it was alright but now after reading your comment I'm worried about the older ones

 

[21hens-incharge]

They all look like girls so far. I would keep an eye on the Aussie that one could be male.

I agree with weaning this birds.

Time to go in a coop.

 

[The Camo Bulldog]

How old are the younger chicks, and what are your day and night temps? It is not healthy for your 5 week old chicks to be under a heat lamp. You can easily stick a regular bulb in the heat lamp socket. In summer weather, your chicks could very easily be weaned from heat at 3 weeks old, if you give them a huddle box. Do you have a coop?

The younger ones are about 3 weeks. Our temperatures and weather fluctuate quite a bit, yesterday it was cool and drizzly, today it was 70 and sunny. I'm working on the coop, but it's still going to take another week atleast to get it up and secure, probably longer because I'm going to need more materials and I don't get payed until the 12th. Even with the coop up I don't know if the youngest ones would be okay out there at night, it's mostly going to be wire with the exception of one very small structure for laying eggs.

 

[The Camo Bulldog]

They all look like girls so far. I would keep an eye on the Aussie that one could be male.

I agree with weaning this birds.

Time to go in a coop.

Thank you!

 

[lazy gardener]

lazy gardener said: ↑
How old are the younger chicks, and what are your day and night temps? It is not healthy for your 5 week old chicks to be under a heat lamp. You can easily stick a regular bulb in the heat lamp socket. In summer weather, your chicks could very easily be weaned from heat at 3 weeks old, if you give them a huddle box. Do you have a coop?

Why is it not healthy? I'm curious bc my coop is taking longer than anticipated to finish and I have 6 ready to go out to it and 4 who are 5days-3weeks. My solution is to have it on at night but off during the day (it's warm enough for the babies but cool enough for the older ones) no one is panting and no one is cold so I thought it was alright but now after reading your comment I'm worried about the older ones

IMO, it is not healthy because there should be a progressive weaning from heat. What are your night time temps where the pullets are? In your situation, I'd put the coop ready ones and the 3 week old chicks together, no heat at all. Put the littles in a brooder space by themselves. Or, you could even do an appliance box, with a 60W light bulb at one end to provide heat for the littles. How many 5 day old chicks do you have? In the summer, I expect ALL of your chicks would be just fine without any heat, if you provided a wool hen or a huddle box.

The younger ones are about 3 weeks. Our temperatures and weather fluctuate quite a bit, yesterday it was cool and drizzly, today it was 70 and sunny. I'm working on the coop, but it's still going to take another week atleast to get it up and secure, probably longer because I'm going to need more materials and I don't get payed until the 12th. Even with the coop up I don't know if the youngest ones would be okay out there at night, it's mostly going to be wire with the exception of one very small structure for laying eggs.

I've had outdoor (heating pad) brooded chicks wean themselves from heat completely at 3 - 4 weeks with spring time night time temps getting down into 30's, occasional frosts, and day time temps varying from mid 70's (we call that a heat wave here in the spring!) to mid 50's.