New Hampshire Chicks UPDATED PICS.... Please Help..

[lkeech]

I have 4 New Hampshire chicks that are about 6 weeks old. I am very new to chickens and we can't have roosters where we are. Is there a way yet to tell? All of them have little spur bumps and not much color in their combs. Any ideas would be great and thanks.

 

[gamebirdsonly]

pics would help us help you figure if their roos or not.

 

[lkeech]

Here are a few I can try and get better ones in a little bit.She does have a few black feather in her tail as well but they are not that long. The were evacuated last night due to a forest fire. We are going to take them back home tonight.

 

[Fred's Hens]

The whole body, profile, showing the body, legs, head and comb is the best shot.

It is just too early. The cockerels sprout their combs and wattles, first pink then quite red, at around 6 weeks. Pullets combs and wattles will stay yellow until much closer to their maturity time.

 

[lkeech]

comb and waddles..


full body shot

They are about 8 weeks old now...

 

[Hezz]

They look like pullets, and all chickens, male and female, have those little bumps.

 

[Erin~TheChickenLover]

comb and waddles..


full body shot

They are about 8 weeks old now...

The shape of that comb says "Rooster!' to me. However, I could be wrong and it could be a pullet..

 

[lkeech]

That is the funny the thing all of the New Hampshire chicks that we have, have that shape of a comb this one is just a little bit larger and a little bit more pink. The chick in the picture has always been a tad bit bigger then the rest of them as well. Thanks for the feed back right now it seems I still have a 50/50 chance of a pullet.

Anybody else want to chime in??

 

[Wednesday]

Old thread but here in an interesting article on sexing day old chicks:

http://www2.ca.uky.edu/smallflocks/Factsheets/Sexing_day_old_chicks.pdf