I can sex your pullets and cockerels!

[HenOnAJuneBug]

One sure way to sex Welsummers is their chest feathers: pullets' will be salmon-colored, and roos' will be black.

 

[sassysarah]

Anybody else?

 

[BerkeleyKnitter]

Please help us sex our chicks! We got 6 chicks from a local feed store over the space of a week - all different breeds - the 4 standard breeds are 90% guaranteed to be hens, but the 2 bantams are straight run. I'm starting to wonder if we got 10 roosters... they all seem bossy, aggressive, and want to fly. But I'm completely new to keeping chickens, so maybe they're all like this??

Here are pics with their age & breed - THANK YOU in advance!
#1 - bantam Polish, almost 5 weeks old

#2 - bantam frizzle Cochin, almost 5 weeks old

#3 - Wellsumer, 4 1/2 weeks old

#4 - Americauna, 4 weeks old

#5 - buff orpington, 4 weeks old

#6 - California Gray, 4 weeks old

 

[HenOnAJuneBug]

Please help us sex our chicks!

#3 - Wellsumer, 4 1/2 weeks old

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Kind of hard to tell from the picture, but it looks like a pullet. If the chest is black it's a cockerel; if salmon-colored it's a pullet.

 

[Silkie36]

Are you wondering if you have a pullet or a cockerel? Post your pics here!
I can sex them!

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This is a Silkie 6 months old

 

[sassysarah]

Please help us sex our chicks! We got 6 chicks from a local feed store over the space of a week - all different breeds - the 4 standard breeds are 90% guaranteed to be hens, but the 2 bantams are straight run. I'm starting to wonder if we got 10 roosters... they all seem bossy, aggressive, and want to fly. But I'm completely new to keeping chickens, so maybe they're all like this??

Here are pics with their age & breed - THANK YOU in advance!
#1 - bantam Polish, almost 5 weeks old
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#2 - bantam frizzle Cochin, almost 5 weeks oldView attachment 1045836 View attachment 1045839

#3 - Wellsumer, 4 1/2 weeks old

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#4 - Americauna, 4 weeks old

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#5 - buff orpington, 4 weeks old

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#6 - California Gray, 4 weeks old

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All look like pullets.

 

[sassysarah]

All look like pullets.

Please get a pic of the face/comb

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

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This is a Silkie 6 months old

Kinda hard to tell without a picture of the comb and wattles, but I think pullet.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Please help us sex our chicks! We got 6 chicks from a local feed store over the space of a week - all different breeds - the 4 standard breeds are 90% guaranteed to be hens, but the 2 bantams are straight run. I'm starting to wonder if we got 10 roosters... they all seem bossy, aggressive, and want to fly. But I'm completely new to keeping chickens, so maybe they're all like this??

Here are pics with their age & breed - THANK YOU in advance!
#1 - bantam Polish, almost 5 weeks old
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#2 - bantam frizzle Cochin, almost 5 weeks oldView attachment 1045836 View attachment 1045839

#3 - Wellsumer, 4 1/2 weeks old

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#4 - Americauna, 4 weeks old

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#5 - buff orpington, 4 weeks old

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#6 - California Gray, 4 weeks old

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I don't see any obvious cockerels yet except for maybe the frizzle. BTW all chickens (especially bantams) love to fly.

 

[BerkeleyKnitter]

I don't see any obvious cockerels yet except for maybe the frizzle. BTW all chickens (especially bantams) love to fly.

Thanks so much, we're really hoping the frizzle is a girl, we love them all so much already!

Glad flying is universal, because these girls are always launching up onto our shoulders and heads! LOL.

I'm wondering if the aggression is due to them being in cramped quarters - you can probably tell from the pics that they're living in our bathroom, in a bin that fits into the bathtub. I was told that this would be adequate space until they get outside, but it's clearly not. Tomorrow they'll be moving to a temporary, larger space.