Hello! This is very helpful!
I have three ladies that might be dudes. Help?
This RIR is the only one without a comb or waddle. All her sisters have one by now.
This wyandotte is constantly flying and trying to be the top... she also has no comb and is one of the oldest at 27 weeks.
Lastly, this guy. We have been calling him a skinny little dude since he was a babe but never heard it crow. Thoughts?
Thank you!!
Too young to accurately sex. I'd watch Picasso, but post pictures in a few more weeks.
Oh my goodness that IS a ton of white! So glad she turned out a pullet for you! People are saying lots of white on ours... But not nearly what I'm seeing in either yours or the forums on sexing BR's w same age examples. Maybe our photo lighting is bad. He/she looks quite dark in person. If that is the only reasoning maybe we do have hopeHello! Would love some help figuring out a few of our chicks... 4 weeks old as far as we know. All were sexed as pullets at ship date but I have some suspicions on a few... Might help to know our brooder is a pink plastic tub so it can throw some tint in the photos... Wellie Nelson (the welsummer)- I'm 70% sure she's a pullet thanks to her initial coloring. She had the distinctive light fuzz w bold multi-line V and eyeliner at week 1 and now:Picasso the EE- Yeah... we are thinking sadly, roo on this one? Im thinking I see the troublesome triple comb here at 4 weeks and the legs, posture, and behavior whisper roo to me. But then someone said salmon breast is a distinctively pullet coloring and picasso is otherwise pretty uniform coloring wise so now I doubt myself. thoughts? (Snip) Can't help on the others, but don't let the BR concern you yet even if she is a little light. This was my BR at about the age of yours, folks all said roo b/c she's light, but she's a pullet--first egg this morning! Also had a RIR that was really upright and had thick legs, worried at one point she was a roo but thankfully not.
Check back in a couple of weeks if things are inconclusive now.
I think you are right. He is already guarding his flock. Good instincts!
Above are my two Black Copper Maran chicks at 4 1/2 weeks old. The one posturing on the stump (suspected cockerel) was born with a big yellow comb. The one on the ground (I'm thinking that's a pullet?) has always had a tiny grey comb, has a very sweet trilling voice, and now likes frequent dust baths
Second photo: the big-combed chick is standing tall, with the mellow sibling on the right. Their buddy is a peachick, and I guess I probably won't get any input on the sex of that one.
Thoughts on the Maran chicks?
I think you are right. He is already guarding his flock. Good instincts!Not sure on the peachick, but it's pretty. What breed/color is it? Just realized I've seen very few peachicks.
That sounds lovely! I will have to look up the white eye.
I've had a couple of Serama chicks that I knew were cockerels before 2 weeks because of that behavior. People mistake it for friendliness, but it is a bold, fearless, protective behavior. He will always be in the picture, because he is guarding the others from the scary camera! That is, if he isn't up higher keeping a lookout for danger. For mine, the behavior goes with a fast developing comb of a dominant cockerel. The other chick could still be a slower developing, more submissive cockerel, but to me, it looks like a pullet (more horizontal back). Time will tell, kind of slow feathering (which may not mean much) but finger crossed for a pullet... because you won't be getting any eggs from that little cockerel, but you will be getting a good flock protector!
