Easter Chicks
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- Jul 17, 2015
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Hi, so I'm new here but I've been coming to this site regularly to try to sex my chicks on my own. Now I'd like to see what people think. (WARNING: Lots of pictures
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I have nine seven week old chicks:
#1 Olive egger (wheaten maran and crested cream legbar)

We're thinking a cockerel because of his huge comb and red wattles. He also acts in the way our wheaten maran rooster did; very showy and upright.


His comb from above

He has a pretty developed tail
#2 Blue laced red wyandotte (rose comb)

#3 Blue laced red wyandotte (single comb)


Both chicks look almost identical aside from their faces

Here is them both together
#4 Blue partridge brahma (lighter)


See the bald spots?

#5 Blue partridge brahma (the darker one)

This one isn't as friendly and doesn't like being held. It's always left behind

I read that only brahma pullets get the lacing on their wings and chest, whereas a cockerel would have a uniform colour. Is this true? Could it be that we have two for two pullets?
#6, #7, # 8 and # 9 Light sussex
It's hard to tell them apart, except for one whose name is Turbo Jack. We think he's a cockerel because of his short tail. He has black on his wings and is really friendly.
Here are various pictures of all of them:

See the tail difference?

None of their combs are very red and the ones with the shorter tails also have smaller combs. So just underdeveloped...?

I think this is Turbo Jack, but it's hard to tell in the picture





The largest chick, which we think is a hen, also used to stand very upright. But I know that dominant hens can act this way.
They all spar now (which is normal for both genders) and are all very friendly.
Finally, I just thought this was cute:

Thanks for any advice

I have nine seven week old chicks:
#1 Olive egger (wheaten maran and crested cream legbar)
We're thinking a cockerel because of his huge comb and red wattles. He also acts in the way our wheaten maran rooster did; very showy and upright.
His comb from above
He has a pretty developed tail
#2 Blue laced red wyandotte (rose comb)
#3 Blue laced red wyandotte (single comb)
Both chicks look almost identical aside from their faces
Here is them both together
#4 Blue partridge brahma (lighter)
See the bald spots?
#5 Blue partridge brahma (the darker one)
This one isn't as friendly and doesn't like being held. It's always left behind
I read that only brahma pullets get the lacing on their wings and chest, whereas a cockerel would have a uniform colour. Is this true? Could it be that we have two for two pullets?
#6, #7, # 8 and # 9 Light sussex
It's hard to tell them apart, except for one whose name is Turbo Jack. We think he's a cockerel because of his short tail. He has black on his wings and is really friendly.
Here are various pictures of all of them:
See the tail difference?
None of their combs are very red and the ones with the shorter tails also have smaller combs. So just underdeveloped...?
I think this is Turbo Jack, but it's hard to tell in the picture
The largest chick, which we think is a hen, also used to stand very upright. But I know that dominant hens can act this way.
They all spar now (which is normal for both genders) and are all very friendly.
Finally, I just thought this was cute:
Thanks for any advice
