How to sex three week old bantams

[Banksia_the_lorikeet]

Iv got five Belgian duccle chicks that I believe r three weeks old and need some help sexing them one of thems bigger then the others but doesn't act like a rooster another really likes to fight I hv no idea about the others ones smaller then the others but could just be a runt

Here r some picks as U can see the patchy one is the biggest and in the second pic the white one at the back likes to fight I can share more pics if it's to hard to tell in these

 

[featheredplanets]

They’ll need at least another 3 weeks before they can be sexed, you may want to wait another 5. You can really only go off comb/wattle size and redness until they’re around 13 weeks old, as that’s when sex indicative feathers start growing in. Behaviour isn’t a defining factor.

 

[333113]

I have D'Uccles, and to be honest it's hard to tell this early. But I will say that the boys tend to have wattles and combs show up earlier and larger than the girls, and the boys tend to feather out faster than the girls. The boys tend to hold their tail feathers taller than the girls. The boys tend to be a bit more aggressive, and will walk up to another chick and stand off with them. A girl mostly won't initiate that, and mostly will stand down if a boy stands off to her.
But that's just on average. You will see all those tendencies get more pronounced as they age.

Feathersite.com has a lot of photos of d'Uccles here:
http://feathersite.com/Poultry/CGK/Millies/BRKMilleFleur.html

The pullets and cockerels are the stage your will grow into next. The chicks are at the bottom of the link page, but yours are past that stage, I think.

Hope this helps!

 

[Banksia_the_lorikeet]

I have D'Uccles, and to be honest it's hard to tell this early. But I will say that the boys tend to have wattles and combs show up earlier and larger than the girls, and the boys tend to feather out faster than the girls. The boys tend to hold their tail feathers taller than the girls. The boys tend to be a bit more aggressive, and will walk up to another chick and stand off with them. A girl mostly won't initiate that, and mostly will stand down if a boy stands off to her.
But that's just on average. You will see all those tendencies get more pronounced as they age.

Feathersite.com has a lot of photos of d'Uccles here:
http://feathersite.com/Poultry/CGK/Millies/BRKMilleFleur.html

The pullets and cockerels are the stage your will grow into next. The chicks are at the bottom of the link page, but yours are past that stage, I think.

Hope this helps!

Thanks I guess I'll just hv to wait and see do you hv duccle roosters? If yes then do they get along with each other? Like is the breed just friendly? Or is it more just up to their personality

 

[333113]

Thanks I guess I'll just hv to wait and see do you hv duccle roosters? If yes then do they get along with each other? Like is the breed just friendly? Or is it more just up to their personality

They are a very people-friendly breed. I have had several times when boys outnumbered the girls but the girls kept all their feathers. You can raise a show pair in the same cage.

The roos don't set on eggs, but they do help raise the chicks, even when there are multiple roos. They show the chicks what to eat and drink and keep them warm on cold nights. I frequently use them to help raise other breeds I have that don't set or go broody.

 

[Cyprus]

d'Uccles have been my breed of choice for some time now. Mine were sexable at 2-3 weeks.

I see 3 pullets and 2 cockerels.

On black cockerel, mottled is a cockerel.