Learning as we go

[KatieKat88]

Hello everyone, I posted pictures of my chicks a while back, but I think they were too young to really gender/breed. So here we go again! LOL They should be about 9 weeks old now. Any guesses?
I don't know how well it shows up in the pictures, but Chickadee has almost a green tint to the legs. Colonel's are yellow/orange and the other two have splashes of black.

 

[nuthatched]

Well, you already know colonel is a cockerel, I think chickadee is too.
Henifer, might be a Henry. They're all mixes.

 

[KatieKat88]

Well, you already know colonel is a cockerel, I think chickadee is too.
Henifer, might be a Henry. They're all mixes.

I get Colonel because of the comb and wattle, but what makes you suspect the others are cockerels? I'm new to chicken raising and hope to spot these features on my own some day.

 

[fluffycrow]

As you know Colonel is a cockerel. Chickadee seems to be showing male specific feathering. Not 100% on Henifer. Petunia is a pullet

 

[KatieKat88]

As you know Colonel is a cockerel. Chickadee seems to be showing male specific feathering. Not 100% on Henifer. Petunia is a pullet

Thank you for your reply, what breed do you suspect Chickadee is?

 

[Holdthechicken]

I get Colonel because of the comb and wattle, but what makes you suspect the others are cockerels? I'm new to chicken raising and hope to spot these features on my own some day.

I’m very new at this, so I’m just kind of guessing (anyone correct me if I’m wrong) but I think this is what they mean by male specific feathering, the pointed feathers in these areas. And I drew an arrow to some red leakage, which I’m not sure if it counts here but I think sometimes in mixes red leakage is a sign of a male around the wings

 

[fluffycrow]

Thank you for your reply, what breed do you suspect Chickadee is?

Chickadee is an EE!

 

[HomeMaker21]

I suspect roo, pullet, pullet, roo. Chickadee and Colonel look like roos. Chickadee is showing possible saddle feathers.

 

[nuthatched]

I get Colonel because of the comb and wattle, but what makes you suspect the others are cockerels? I'm new to chicken raising and hope to spot these features on my own some day.

The red patch on the wings for chickadee, only makes have red patches there and the comb is pretty pink on both chickadee and henifer for 9 weeks. About 6 weeks too early for male specific feathers.

 

[fluffycrow]

The red patch on the wings for chickadee, only makes have red patches there and the comb is pretty pink on both chickadee and henifer for 9 weeks. About 6 weeks too early for male specific feathers.

Yup, that's what I was referring to. This little patch