I cant sex these Bielefelder crosses!

[J-Habs]

I have 3 chicks from a pure Bielefelder hen and a pure Novogen Brown rooster. They are 24 hours old in these pics. I know a barred hen and non barred rooster make sexable chicks at hatching, but I can't figure these out, possibly because the rooster is white. There are 2 pics each of the 3 chicks.

 

[CascadiaRiver]

It looks like your photos didn't get attached

 

[J-Habs]

It looks like your photos didn't get attached

Sorry about that. They're attached now.

 

[JedJackson]

This normally would be a sex linked cross. All barred chicks would be males. Unfortunately, Novogens carry the dominant white gene, which covers black, so barring may not show up at all on these. I think you'll have to judge by combs at 6 weeks or so, as with regular chicks.

 

[J-Habs]

I tried vent sexing, but I couldn't tell the difference. I guess I'll be waiting a few weeks or so.

 

[J-Habs]

Update! Here are pics of chicks 1 and 3. Chick 2 died about a week ago for reasons I dont know. It appears chick 1 is a runt and Im leaning towards male on, but chick 3 I'm on the fence about, although Im also leaning male. I believe today they are exactly 2 weeks old. Any thoughts?

 

[CascadiaRiver]

They're too young to really tell for comb, some ladies have big combs and they're too young for redness (typically). I am curious to see if they'll be color sex linked, which would mean 2 was a possible pullet and these two possible cockerels, time will tell!