Help sexing Silver Laced Wyandotte chicks

[CosmicMustang]

SLW#1: lots of white

SLW #2: lots of black

SLW #3

These Silver Laced Wyandottes always have a smug or mean look on their faces. They crack me up. They hate to be handled and kind of refuse to be gentled. Any ideas on sex for these guys? They are almost 3 weeks old. I know it might be too early to tell. I will post more photos of them in a couple of weeks if I still don't know by then.

 

[SurferchickinSB]

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SLW#1: lots of white

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SLW #2: lots of black

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SLW #3

These Silver Laced Wyandottes always have a smug or mean look on their faces. They crack me up. They hate to be handled and kind of refuse to be gentled. Any ideas on sex for these guys? They are almost 3 weeks old. I know it might be too early to tell. I will post more photos of them in a couple of weeks if I still don't know by then.

Yup, too early.

 

[chrissynemetz]

They're still too little for me to tell yet. And I've never had a 'super' friendly SLW. They weren't really mean... they just didn't want to be messed with if they could avoid it lol

 

[SurferchickinSB]

They're still too little for me to tell yet. And I've never had a 'super' friendly SLW. They weren't really mean... they just didn't want to be messed with if they could avoid it lol

That’s how my GLWyandotte is like, she’s super quiet and timid, But she seems to like a warm bath every now and then and the blow dryer, LOL!

 

[EggSighted4Life]

They are almost 3 weeks old. I know it might be too early to tell.

Too early to tell. Often these boys will start to show some red waddles around 5 weeks.

Chicks don't like to be handled because their pin feathers are painful when you press on them for one reason.

Open hand approach, low and slow from the front so they can hop on.. instead of grabbing from above like a predator swooping down. Brooder brought closer to chest height offers a much different experience.

On laced breeds very often (not always) you can tell the gender by how clear the lacing stays or if it becomes more faded like a big splotch on the top of the wing area.. even before gender saddle feathers come in.

male

female