Help with identifying and sexing confirmation of 6 week old chicks

[Clucks and Giggles]

I did start another thread, and so far no one thinks roosters. Yay! We had chickens about 12 yrs ago when the kids were small. I am definitely enjoying them more than I thought I would. They all have their own sweet personalities already. We only got 4 but now I think I want 8 after seeing yours!!!

I just checked your post, and your chicks are adorable. I like that you have 3 different colors, because I personally like diversified chickens, along with the different color eggs. I'm glad you are getting a good 'pullet' assessment also.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

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Yes it is! Some of the best customer service I've ever experienced! I look forward to seeing updates on your littles!

 

[Galaxy_rules]

I think they probably are all pullets.


You might be right about the breed.
That bird should be a pullet. The salmon color in the breast is a female-specific trait for chickens with that overall coloring. A male would have a black breast at that age.


I feel that the color is not right for a Bielefelder, but it should be a pullet anyway because of the breast color (salmon-colored breast, not black breast or even another shade of brown.)


Now that one looks more like a Bielefelder. I think you have #2 and #3 breeds swapped. This one also looks like a pullet, again because of the breast color, but also because of the comb being small and pale.

(Note: of course not every breed can be sexed by breast color at this age. But you have a whole clump that can.)


I think that looks like female coloring, but I'm not entirely positive. Mypetchicken does not seem to have whole-body photos of a male, and I'm not having much luck finding them elsewhere either. But the description on mypetchicken does make me think a male should have a black breast and a lot more black in other places.

Some breeds have very big combs at maturity (including Leghorns and Penedesencas), and the chicks of those breeds can have larger combs than the chicks of some other breeds. Yours definitely has a pale-colored comb and wattles (where a cockerel would probably have a brighter pink or red comb & wattles by now.)


I think you are probably right on both counts.


Based on the comb and wattles (small and pale), I agree about probably pullet.
As for which kind it is, after looking at all the rest, I agree that is should be the Super Blue Egg Layer.


This one looks female to me (mainly comb & wattles, but the color/pattern "look" female to me too. I've been fooled before by birds that "look" female to me, so I'm glad to have comb & wattles as an extra check.)

Considering the feathered feet, I agree this is probably the Green Queen.


Looks female to me, and I agree about this one being a Silver Spangled Hamburg. They're pretty distinctive


I agree about Exchequer Leghorn, another nice distinctive breed.
Looking at the comb and wattles, they are a little on the big side, but are still nice and pale. Since this is a Leghorn, I think this is just a case of a large-comb chicken breed, not a male. (Like a few of the others.)

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[Clucks and Giggles]

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Thank you Galaxy Rules for adding your agreement to the rest. It is making me feel much easier with another confirmation of what I am hoping for.

 

[Galaxy_rules]

Thank you Galaxy Rules for adding your agreement to the rest. It is making me feel much easier with another confirmation of what I am hoping for.

No problem

 

[Ficklechickadee]

I just checked your post, and your chicks are adorable. I like that you have 3 different colors, because I personally like diversified chickens, along with the different color eggs. I'm glad you are getting a good 'pullet' assessment also.

Me too. I must admit I'm becoming a bit obsessive over researching traits of young roosters.

 

[LaurenRitz]

Here's a picture of my Bielefelder at about 10 weeks. The coloring looks very different. I think Olive Oil is more likely to be your Biel.

Do you have a top shot of those two as chicks? Biels are auto sexing.

 

[Clucks and Giggles]

Here's a picture of my Bielefelder at about 10 weeks. The coloring looks very different. I think Olive Oil is more likely to be your Biel.

Do you have a top shot of those two as chicks? Biels are auto sexing.

Here's a picture of my Bielefelder at about 10 weeks. The coloring looks very different. I think Olive Oil is more likely to be your Biel.

Do you have a top shot of those two as chicks? Biels are auto sexing.

Yes, NatJ pointed that out, and I have changed their names accordingly. The first 3 were the only ones I was not sure at all about, and it seems I had 2 and 3 reversed. My #3 looks exactly like your pullet, and by process of eliminarion, since #1 is generally agreed upon as being the light brown leghorn, would make #2 the Partridge Olive Egger. Thank you so much for replying and sharing a picture of your beautiful pullet. Mine is almost 8 weeks now and she looks exactly like yours. All the others have been generally agreed upon as to what I thought they were.