Odd colorings of my chicks

[joecontreras]

We hatched a few eggs from our chickens back in March. When they hatched they were yellow with one having a little red streak down its back but now they have, of course, dramatically changed and am curious as to what others think about the colorings and maybe even the genders.

Here is one of the Mommy Hens:



Uploaded with ImageShack.us

The Daddy Roo:



Uploaded with ImageShack.us

And the three chicks that are now 6 weeks old:



Uploaded with ImageShack.us



Uploaded with ImageShack.us



Uploaded with ImageShack.us



Uploaded with ImageShack.us

 

[Ms.Frizzle]

I don't know what to think. But I've knoticed that with some of my mutts, the siblings that look alike tend to be the same gender. Its kinda like sex-link colors. My understanding of it has always been that if it looks more like the mom=male, more the like dad=female. But idk, I havn't really experimented much/kept tract, I've just noticed it with some of mine.

 

[teresa-78]

I would say the brown speckled one looks like a roo, it has a huge comb and wattles