Male or female

Graciepowell_09

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May 24, 2025
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These are my 5 week old pekin bantam chicks , trying to figure out which are male and female , does anyone have an idea of what they could be 🤞🏼 thank you x
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Welcome!
They are all really cute!
The first one, black with some white, is a cockerel. Most others look girly, except possibly the buff with some blue in the tail.
More pictures in a few weeks!
Mary
What makes you think the first one is a cockerel? I'm still new and trying to learn how to tell the difference when the chicks are still young?

I know males get larger redder combs early, but I have some RIR pullets that got large combs early, but they didn't get larger or darker since they were 4-5 weeks old.

I guess that could be due to RIR being quick to mature in comparison to other breeds...
 

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