Mutt chicks. Pullets?

[happymorrows]

My chicks are 5 weeks old now. I am thinking they are both pullets, but wanted other opinions. They are a Barred Rock x Dominique and a EE x Dominique

Chick1 on right. Chick 2 on left

Chick 1 on left. Chick 2 on right

Chick1 on right. Chick 2 on left.

 

[miss_thenorth]

My experience has been if they have barred rock in them, you can still sex them the same way as true BRs. If the fronts of their feet are dark, they are girls. If they are mixed with EE and it is the dominant, (having all black feet), then i can't help. I think both those have black fronted feet? Then my guess is girls. Most of my Br/EE mutts are barred with beards, and dark fronted feet.

 

[chickiedoo]

Look like pullets to me but I'm definitely no expert. Theyre awfully cute though

 

[MissD'uccle]

The one on the right in the first and last pics (yellow legs) has awfully thick looking legs. So possibly a roo? I'm not an expert though1

 

[happymorrows]

The one on the right has all yellow legs. They both feathered out the same time and both have dark coloring. Combs are developing at the same rate.

 

[mispollitos]

after the experience I just had, and studying my brains out...(I had 5 chicks w/similar coloring) all roos.... I'll guess the left one is a hen & the right one is a roo ;o) mostly because the legs are so big but not sure of the age difference. Considering that, small comb on the right, maybe it is a hen!! the one w/a dark wash is probably for sure a hen.

 

[happymorrows]

Here is a picture of them straight on. How accurate is the leg coloration for sexing, because everything else says pullet on chick1. She/he does have a little dark on the legs, but they are mostly yellow and thicker than chick2.

Chick1 on left, Chick2 on right

 

[donrae]

chick one is a boy, chick two is a girl. going by leg thickness, color and stance.

 

[miss_thenorth]

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x2. I wasn't sure in the first pic. but they are yellow legs, so that means chick 1 is a boy. He is also lighter coloured in his feathering, typica for BR chicks.

 

[axion_lotus]

I'd agree with donrae. But like the saying goes, sexing chickens is an art, not a science.

This is another trick I read about that might be able to help you. It goes by behavioral differences in males and females rather than most physical sexing methods.

First, get the chicks in question together in a group and let them mill about for a couple of minutes, then, drop a hat on the ground/floor in the middle of them. A pullet will normally shrink down or try to run away, whereas a cockerel will stand up taller and look around. It's his protective male instinct shining through.

Hope this helps; I've never tried it personally, but I hear it does the trick.

(Book Reference: "Chick Days" by Jenna Woginrich)