Make or female.

[ThickenTheChicken]

I have an ameraucana (Image 2), golden laced Wyandotte (image 1), and salmon faverolle (image 3). Female or male? Asking because one is more aggressive, and friend questioned another one. Ameraucana and golden laced are 3-4 weeks. Salmon is 4-5 weeks old.

 

[JustCallMeMaple]

It's a bit hard to tell the gender right now (if they had their neck and saddle feathers in it's easier) but I know it's exciting to guess. I would say tentatively girl, girl, boy buuuut its very early. The third pic has a pretty good size comb for the age.



These are from august and these 3 were around the 4/5wk when I posted them for gendering. Their a slower mature breed but they all turned out to be girls. I got a mixed flock of clearance TSC chicks ended up with all pullets in chickens.

 

[ThickenTheChicken]

I would say fist two are pullets and salmon is male. Photos of the salmon in natural lighting please?

 

[ThickenTheChicken]

Chickens will fight and establish pecking order. For us it's not so fun to watch because it may seem like a lot of fighting but when they are young it's rougher than as they get older. With age the fighting goes to puffing up and posturing, it's all practice right now. Chickens live in a hierarchy. Top hen eats first gets the best goodies and the others move out of the way for her. My top hens in my flock don't hardly peck ever, just walk up and give a low long cluck or posture walk and the others just move out of their way. Age helped them be better and less pushy in their demand to be lead hen. They're learning their manners with each other. If it doesn't get better in a few weeks and the one is still aggressively attacking it will be a different story but it should get better as they decide who is where on the order.

Yeah it was just weird to me because I read that salmon are usually on the bottom of the pecking order. If it is female, I guess she is an exception. Here are more photos

 

[ThickenTheChicken]

It’s waddle is coming in. It’s a little older than my others so it’s waddle would develop earlier anyway, but I feel like it’s confirmation. I’ll have to switch him with a female.

 

[ThickenTheChicken]

The third one is a little older than the rest maybe a month old. What makes you think it’s a boy? Thanks a lot for your help. If it turns out to be a boy I will need to switch him for a female.

 

[JustCallMeMaple]

The males generally get combs and wattles first. It could still be a pullet, this early of sexing is harder because you can't see the neck or saddle feathers. Boys get pointy neck feathers and long thin sickle saddle feathers girls are round.

 

[Fluffy Lambs]

I have an ameraucana (Image 2), golden laced Wyandotte (image 1), and salmon faverolle (image 3). Female or male? Asking because one is more aggressive, and friend questioned another one. Ameraucana and golden laced are 3-4 weeks. Salmon is 4-5 weeks old.

I would say fist two are pullets and salmon is male. Photos of the salmon in natural lighting please?

 

[ThickenTheChicken]

Having a sweet tempered bird as the lead is not a bad things because it will give the others the example on what is acceptable behavior. This one could be bullied and trying to put themselves up the totem. See these front on I see less wattle than the other pics which leans closer to pullet. In a few weeks the feathers will really be easy to see and point out. I do know the excitement of wanting to know their gender as soon as you can. I had a wyandotte my kids named little man... well.. she's little ma'am now..

Lol that’s cute.

 

[Fluffy Lambs]

Yeah it was just weird to me because I read that salmon are usually on the bottom of the pecking order. If it is female, I guess she is an exception. Here are more photos

Yeah I'm pretty sure that's a cockerel