I need help deciding...

[My chicken is cuter]

I want to know what kind of chicks these are because I need to decide which ones I'm going to keep, and which I'm going to sell because I can't keep all of them.

It has been a very hard decision so far, but I think that I might be able to decide once I know. They will be 4 weeks old tomorrow. Thanks

#1

#2 This one kept glaring at me. Is it a roo?

#3 I know this is a SLW, but "her" comb looked particularly pink to me.

#4 What breed is this one? Is it a boy or a girl?

#5 These are all supposed to be girls. All I want to know is the breed.

 

[newchickmom09]

The only one I am pretty sure on is #4 She looks like a black australorp and yep I said she.

(great egg machine)

All of the others are just my best guess.
#1 & #2 look like sexlinks of some short and my guess is that they are pullets.

#3 is feathering in just like my SLW and mine is a hen. So I am going to say pullet on that one also. I don't think the comb is very red on her yet either. My GLW had the biggest/red comb forever and always made me second guess until she layed an egg.

#5 I can't really help there but they do look like girls.

 

[Matt A NC]

1 and 2 are red sexlinks. All girls

5 look like production Rhode island reds.

Matt

 

[Illia]

The first ones look like red sex link hens.

The second one is a SLW hen,

Third is an Australorp.

Fourth all look like female Welsummers or Easter Eggers. Are those single combs I'm seeing?

 

[My chicken is cuter]

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Yes.

 

[My chicken is cuter]

Now I'm thinking that the last ones are RIR? Does anyone second that? I don't know if #4 is a girl because when she was a chick, I did the wing thing and it looked like a boy. Does feather sexing work with Austrolorps?

 

[Shadowhills Farm]

#5's look like Production RIRs....and they look like girls to me.


I am no expert, though! Good luck figuring out which ones to keep!

 

[newchickmom09]

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I think #3 is a girl, a BA roo would have much more comb/wattle development at 4 weeks old.