Male or female sexlink?

[Felica]

We got 3 week old golden sexlinks from the feed store this weekend and I posted a picture of them on the baby chick thread. Someone said this one looked like a male. What do you guys think?

 

[debid]

Yep, that's a cockerel.

 

[Fred's Hens]

We got 3 week old golden sexlinks from the feed store this weekend and I posted a picture of them on the baby chick thread. Someone said this one looked like a male. What do you guys think?

That one is gonna crow at 4 a.m. in about 4 months. LOL 100% cockerel

 

[Felica]

Crap! I wonder if feed store will exchange him for a female. Going to call when they open! I'm kind of bummed out too because he is the sweetest one too.

 

[debid]

If they really are sexlinks, the entire point of sexlinking is that the coloring aligns with gender. Mostly white = male, mostly red = female.

 

[Felica]

Yes that's what I have read.. These are our first chickens, so I'm still learning a lot about them. Here's a picture of all 3. Do the other 2 look like pullets?

 

[Fred's Hens]

Yes that's what I have read.. These are our first chickens, so I'm still learning a lot about them. Here's a picture of all 3. Do the other 2 look like pullets?

The one on the right, the white one, is a cockerel. His comb is already pinking up as well.
The two on the left? Good question. Their body language says male, but if they are truly sex links then they are pullets. But they sure look "healthy", if you know what I mean. Big legs and upright stance is worrisome. But again, if they are truly red sexlinks, then they are just big girls.

 

[debid]

Ask the store where they get their chicks. All of the big hatcheries breed sexlinks that are true sexlinks. But then some people get those and breed them thinking they are producing more sexlinks. But they aren't. Those second generation chicks will be shades of the same colors but no longer align by gender.

 

[Felica]

So I went back and switched out my chick. I went for the one with the most brown on it but it still has a comb. What do you think?

 

[Felica]

Any ideas on the new one? I noticed after I brought him home he also has a different tail than the others.