Hi. I am a new chicken owner. Have 9, 2 sapphire gems which i think both are roos. 7 goldlace wyandottes. I've heard all hens, but not sure????

[Elizabaugher]

Hi. I am a new chicken owner. Have 9 chicks. Two sapphire gems which i think both are roos. 7 goldlace wyandottes. I've heard all hens, but not sure???? They are11 weeks old. Any help would be great.

 

[User690263]

Yes, as far as I can tell your GLWs are all girls

 

[catobsessed]

Yeah the gray ones are looking like males. Have they started to crow yet? I just rehomed a rooster, I feel you!!

 

[MROO]

Sapphire gems are sex-linked. I

Hi. I am a new chicken owner. Have 9 chicks. Two sapphire gems which i think both are roos. 7 goldlace wyandottes. I've heard all hens, but not sure???? They are11 weeks old. Any help would be great.

That's an awful lot of comb for an 11-week-old, but I'm not seeing any barring - and from what little I know about SGs, the males should be barred. Do you have any pics of them as little chicks? Males will have a tell-tale white spot on the tops of their heads. The "spot" sometimes shows up as a faint white line, but it's pretty much always there.

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.

 

[janiedoe]

Welcome to BYC! Do have better pictures of the sapphires? I'm not certain they are males despite the combs. Are you sure of the age?
The wyandottes all look to be female.

 

[chrissynemetz]

Welcome to BYC! We're glad you decided to join us!

 

[BoundlessLove]

Welcome to BYC, Eliza. Glad you have joined us!
Lots of good information here at Backyard Chickens.

 

[AinaWGSD]

I agree, the wyandottes all look like pullets. The sapphire gems are throwing me though.
Those are very large very red combs and wattles for 11 weeks. If I knew nothing about them but their age I would be certain they were male. But, like @MROO said, sapphire gems are sex linked with the males being barred. Barring can be hard to see on colors other than black, but these birds are a dark enough shade of blue I would expect it to be visible.

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

Welcome to BYC! The supposed sapphire gem in the first photo has male specific feathering, those darker ones coming in on his shoulders. He is indeed a boy, and not a sapphire gem, as those males are barred. I can’t see the second one well enough, but I’m highly suspicious of that one as well.