I know it's early but....can anyone see a gender here yet? Buff Orp & SS

[Tretinker]

Hi all,

I've resisted the urge to post and ask the gender of these chicks but as we are pushing near 5 weeks (4w 4d) but do any of these look like a Roo to you?

I will post again when they are bigger but I'm so excited and impatient I just want to get some opinions.

I've been taking pictures and writing this post every day since they were 4 weeks but each time I've deleted the post and waited because I know it's early but all our roos but one have been obvious by 4 weeks. The only one we debated on was because his brother had an epic red comb and wattles by about 3 weeks. All though have certainly had red wattles and comb by now.

The Speckled Sussex' have different feather growth but the Buff Orpington has no comparison so it's harder to guess without a buddy to look at.

I think a Buff Roo would be pretty cool, might have to move along our current Roo if any of these turn out to be male because the SS might also be interesting.

Pictures are:
1st & 2nd SS 1
3rd - SS2 and BO
4th - BO and my chin
5th - SS2



Thank you for any guesses.

 

[InterestingChickens]

All look to be pullets at the moment.

 

[Tretinker]

All look to be pullets at the moment.

Thank you very much for your reply. I'm a bit emotional this evening and so I'm trying to keep my mind busy. So I know it's early but it's still fun to guess

I'm look at Buff Orpington posts, I've seen a few that say female feathering is neater or clearer but I'm not sure what to look for is it the pattern or the feathers themselves I wonder.

 

[Tretinker]

I did realise I posted the picture with my double chin

 

[nuthatched]

Both pullets but it's a little early, I'm not sure what the sussex chick is, it doesn't look like any of mine.

 

[Red Horse]

I have one speckled sussex that I felt sure was a cockerel from birth, but then at 10 weeks old my other one sprouted a huge comb and wattles and started acting roostery very quickly after that. The one I had always suspected didn't show any extra growth in his comb or wattles until 3-4 weeks after that and went hormonal right away. They had the same hatch date and came from the same place so it seems crazy to me that they matured so differently. I was so sure by week 10 that the later bloomer was a pullet!

 

[PopoMyers]

Guessing is always fun, and surprising. I've noticed that cockerels combs develop faster and are more pinkish/rosy colored, and have larger width legs, and feet. They also hold themselves more upright, more often than pullets. They get bigger, faster.

 

[Tretinker]

Guessing is always fun, and surprising. I've noticed that cockerels combs develop faster and are more pinkish/rosy colored, and have larger width legs, and feet. They also hold themselves more upright, more often than pullets. They get bigger, faster.

Thank you for replying

I do love the guessing part. We have three children and didn't find out the sex of any of them. It was so much fine looking for signs and symptoms, doing the ring test etc. The family did bets on what sex we were having too. Funny I always knew though, husband would say you can't know but I did.

I have noticed the same. It's the stretched neck I've noticed my boys have done a lot and one boy was absolutely massive in comparison from day 1! Although our Wynadotte was the smallest to start with but he was a cutie.

Do you fancying having a guess?

 

[Tretinker]

I have one speckled sussex that I felt sure was a cockerel from birth, but then at 10 weeks old my other one sprouted a huge comb and wattles and started acting roostery very quickly after that. The one I had always suspected didn't show any extra growth in his comb or wattles until 3-4 weeks after that and went hormonal right away. They had the same hatch date and came from the same place so it seems crazy to me that they matured so differently. I was so sure by week 10 that the later bloomer was a pullet!

Thank you for replying!

That's crazy! Can I ask how many SS chicks you had and what the ratio was? Could you look back after and see signs you hadn't noticed in the boy before?
Just checking I read it right that you had 2 roos one you thought was a pullet at first and the other you guessed right away but they grew a different rates?

Do you fancy a guess still? Maybe I should have made a poll, those are always fun

 

[Tretinker]

Both pullets but it's a little early, I'm not sure what the sussex chick is, it doesn't look like any of mine.

Thank you for replying, it is early but it is fun isn't it
Do you have Speckled Sussex chicks/hens?