hen or rooster!?

[ChickenLove6]

Hello here are my chicks, all of them are 1month and 1 week old.
Do you think they are hens or roosters?
This is peaches:

This is buttons:

Penelope:

 

[Wyandottes7]

Its too young to tell for sure. However, Peaches is looking especially like a cockerel. Penelope is also looking a little roosterish, but Buttons looks more pullet-y.

 

[ChickenPox]

Peaches is probably a "he" with that much red in his comb at 5 weeks. I assume it's supposed to be a silkie, but his legs are yellow. LOL! The others are still way too young to tell, but I have found that the hatchery pet silkies show gender signs much earlier than show birds. They are cute!

 

[ChickenLove6]

Its too young to tell for sure. However, Peaches is looking especially like a cockerel. Penelope is also looking a little roosterish, but Buttons looks more pullet-y.

That's what I thought! Peaches might have to be named peter instead! I'll wait a month and then ask again.

 

[ChickenLove6]

Peaches is probably a "he" with that much red in his comb at 5 weeks. I assume it's supposed to be a silkie, but his legs are yellow. LOL! The others are still way too young to tell, but I have found that the hatchery pet silkies show gender signs much earlier than show birds. They are cute!

Peaches is crossed with my light sussex hen and silkie cockerel Hopefully it'll become a little more clear whether they are boys or girls soon! Thanks!

 

[BantamLover21]

Peaches and Penelope are looking like roosters (Peaches more so, though). Buttons appears to be a pullet.

 

[donrae]

Peaches is crossed with my light sussex hen and silkie cockerel

Hopefully it'll become a little more clear whether they are boys or girls soon! Thanks!

According to nicalandia, if you cross a silkie rooster with a light legged bird like the Sussex, the offspring are sex linked. Females get the black skin/legs, males get light/yellow. Looks like it carried out in this case!

 

[ChickenLove6]

According to nicalandia, if you cross a silkie rooster with a light legged bird like the Sussex, the offspring are sex linked. Females get the black skin/legs, males get light/yellow. Looks like it carried out in this case!

That's really interesting, but sad because I really like the offspring with the yellow legs thanks for the information!

 

[ChickenLove6]

Peaches and Penelope are looking like roosters (Peaches more so, though). Buttons appears to be a pullet.

Thankyou! I'll have to start getting rid of the cockerels before they start crowing and fighting!