Peachick color and sex guesses please

Dustystrail

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May 11, 2014
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I got some decent pictures of my 6 week old chicks a couple days ago and finally found time to post. I'm still very novice with the peas so I'm hoping you guys have at least some educated guesses for me. It has been raining for weeks on end here so I won't guarantee they are the cleanest chick pictures but I hope not too bad. I've almost forgotten what clean birds, horses, shoes, and kitchen floors look like. Lol

Patch
I know "he" is a black shoulder. "He" is hopefully purple but I am clueless as to how early or even how you can tell. Patch was the first to hatch and the clown/show off of the bunch that is how I came up with "he". And, are those primary coverts white as in split pied or is that part of the black shoulder patern? I believe mom is BS SP split purple. Dad is purple BS.
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The rest of my chicks came from @Kedreeva

Flair
I'm still just as clueless about this one as the day "she" hatched. Ked posted "her" on Peafowl 201: Further Genetics- Colors, Patterns, and More
and I believe it was decided "she" is cameo. I am totally fascinated with this one and "she" wishes I wasn't. This is by far the most timid and smartest one. I did notice a couple dark feathers starting in on the back of it's neck if that helps.
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Sabino
IB dark pied male?
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Chrome
IB pied male?
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Ghost
IB silver pied maybe female? Not even sure on the IB part. This one is at least as outgoing as Patch but not as tame.
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Sabino .... dark pied .... or split pied .... or split white .... or split " silverpied " ???? only the one who know his parents can say exactly !
 
For color, I can at least say Sabino is dark pied blue and Chrome is pied blue. Last one is either very loud pied, or SP

Usually you should be able to tell sex at around 3 months (12 weeks). However, my kids here have been showing sex-indicating feathers as early as 2 weeks... the boys straight up grow in barred feathers and the girls grow in smooth colored, black-tipped feathers, skip the whole "everyone has bars" phase
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So, for my four, my guess is male on your top three, and the bottom on I'm not ready to make a guess on (I'd lean female, due to the feathers on her neck that have that little "white" dot on the tip). But, check their tail feathers- the actual tail feathers (for my birds) are very stripey for males and much smoother colored for girls (I describe it usually as "tv static, but in black and brown")

I'll add some photos of my boys vs. girls who are even younger than yours (4 weeks) but I gotta get on the road now!
 
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Thank you all for your input and thank you @Kedreeva for the wonderful assortment of chicks!
Anyone else have any guesses? Sabino's neck has color on it already. Don't know how well that shows up in the pictures. It has become much more noticeable over the last couple days. Sabino and Chrome look pretty barred to my inexperienced eyes. Ghost's coloring looks lighter. Maybe it is just because of all the white?
Does anyone with experience with purple black shoulder know when you can tell the color for sure and sex? I'm guessing it may not be obvious for awhile? Sooner if it is male?
 
Hi, I was curious when you can start to sex peachicks by the barring on their wings? 1 week, 2, 3, 4..? Thanks!!!
 

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