I assume Saffron is a he?

[ChickenChick46]

In that case, I would not expect any feather-sexable or color-sexable chicks in your flock.

So yes, you are going to need to raise them until they are old enough to tell by combs or other means.

Thank you so much for the help.

 

[ella2025]

An update! I forgot about this thread like I always do, but now saffron and pepper are 2 weeks old. I still think saffron is a Cockerel, but maybe I'm just paranoid. So far pepper looks like a pullet.

Saffron: this photo was taken on friday

Pepper yesterday

 

[ella2025]

I'll have to keep saffron (if it's a Cockerel) anyway until the new chicks hatch on Halloween and until pepper, if she is a pullet, gets along with them. I can't have her alone.