male or female howdo you tell?

[Gypsy07]

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Yeah, it's really difficult to tell males from females if you have a load of different breeds and no two the same. Like, in general, a bigger faster developing comb means a male, but a female Leghorn's comb will almost definitely be bigger than (say) a Rhode Island male's comb, as Leghorns' combs are just massive. There's honestly not much point comparing different breeds here. Sexing chicks is easier when you've got six or more of the one breed. Then you can usually see little red wattles or a redder comb in the boys at about 4-5 weeks old.

Good luck with your birds. Fingers crossed for all pullets!

 

[Bantam Username]

Also, those with tails already, are most likely girls, those who still have fluffy baby butts are most likely boys. Another thing to look out for is that boys tend to have longer thicker legs than girls too.

 

[chickchicks]

i will try on the breeder section with some betterpictures in a week or so i think that may be better as the older the better?

thank you for the info on the feathers i will keep my eye out n that .

any yes i would have tp say bye bye to nugget if S/he is a roo

have not got any idea on what to do just yet buy hay you never know i could take a drive!

hehe fingers crossed for thegirlies

 

[chickchicks]

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if that is thecase one out of three

the barnevelder is looking amazing took a quick look last night and imguessing shenow has a full tail and its biggerthan what i expected for the age i am new so forgive the notknowing , itdoes look amazingly cute !

the other two have no tails at all justlittle stubb of skin with fluff that looks like it was stuck on with glue ! haha its going to be ashame if they are boys astheBO nuget is soooooo friendly
loves to runto you making little peeping noises and climbs up your arm like a budgie andsits on your shoulder!
the other dotty the wyandottle runs away the second it sees you and crys and crys untill you go , just shows
chickens really do have personalities !

 

[galanie]

One thing to remember too is that Orpingtons are a bit different sometimes. For example, they have thicker legs than most other breeds anyway, females included. Also tail feathers isn't a good indicator, as I've had half the ones that were slow to get tail feathers be hens after all. I think comb and waddles are best indicator on those. If it's not a prominent, red comb by now and you don't see red around the eyes then it's likely still a pullet.

 

[chickchicks]

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hi you seem to be knowledgeable on this one when is the besttime to start looking for theindicators on male/female?
my baby BO is about 5/6 weeks so i knowits young, is has chunky legs ! no tail at all and has a little tiny white comb butit has the begginings of thewaddle on both sides and tehy are aredish colour

is it still too soon ? - im just worried as nugget isalovely babie i cant have males so i hoping for the best !

 

[DanyyChicken]

Hi there,
Just from your description of your SLW and by enlarging your image I would quess that you SLW is a boy. I had both a boy and girl back in May and I saw developmental differences in the combs around 6 weeks. I don't have any experience with your other two breeds. I am new to this too. Good luck... Keep hoping!

 

[JodyJo]

My rooster has great feathers, I can show you t he hackle feathers, (the ones around the base of the neck, the cream ones, with the green accents)
and saddle feathers, (the cream ones near the 'fluff' by the tail)

yours are still a bit young...repost under the Breed and Gender thread and see if you can get any other answers...
also here is a link for posting pics...maybe it will help you post larger ones, good luck!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=504

 

[chickchicks]

thank you very much for the picture and description as it is very helpfull i am getting way over my head with all the feather talk but that really helped thank you .yes i will repost in about a week with better pictures of the little ones in the right area, its gone fromhow do you find !

 

[chickchicks]

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my mum is going to be gutted its the only chicken she has decidedis "hers" even though i boughtthem i feed them and i look after them haha.
dotty does have a tendency to fight a lot! and hates to be anywhere near me so it was my first clue so i decided to see if anyone knew anything about them .

im learning alot from all of this though thank you !