Olive Egger Sexing Help

[Bearded_dude]

I got two new olive eggers this year and I’m looking for help in sexing them. Father is supposed to be a BCM. Mother is unknown.

Photo labeled number 1 is chick 1 at 5 weeks. Number 2 is the same chick at 7 weeks. Some red in the comb, barred look, energetic.

Number 3 and 4 are or chick number 2 at 7 weeks. Front view with the reddish comb and back view for the feathers

Thoughts?

They are so different from each other I’ve been hopefully that one is a pulley and one is a cockerel, but I’m starting to lean towards two very unique cockerels.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

They both look to be cockerel with those combs.

 

[WingItRanch]

I'm thinking both are cockerels, as well.

 

[Babe_Lestrange]

The first looks like a plymouth barred rock, the solid black one might be a black australorp? They don’t look at all like Olive Eggers to me.

 

[Bearded_dude]

Alright, here they are at about 10 weeks old. Same 2 chicks in the pictures. Still am not sure, but leaning toward cockerels. I have seen them raising their hackle feathers and sparring a bit with each other.

Very friendly to me, but maybe that’s a bad sign as they aren’t remotely intimidated by me.

No crowing yet.

 

[Bearded_dude]

Missed the face shot.

They look like cockerels in the face, but I can’t pick out the saddle feathers or hackles yet….

 

[NatJ]

I got two new olive eggers this year and I’m looking for help in sexing them. Father is supposed to be a BCM. Mother is unknown.

What is BCM in this case?

 

[Bearded_dude]

What is BCM in this case?

Black Copper Maran

 

[LaFleche]

Both are males.

 

[WingItRanch]

Yes, still looking like cockerels to me.