Please help me sex my chicks?

[Vanlisa]

Hi I'm a new chick mom and incubated a few eggs and 4 hatched, only 3 survived. Afraid that 1 of them was a cockeral, I purchased 4 more at the TSC. It seems the workers didn't know what they were doing and they completely gave me the wrong chicks. I was told 2 of them were buff rocks and the other 2 were Welbar pullets.

So I have 5 in question. I believe the Buff rocks are actually Delaware chickens because the feathers are white with black spots but I'm not sure.

I'm hoping some of my fellow seasoned chick parents can help me to properly identify and sex my chicks. They are currently 3.5 weeks.

Below I posted the names of the chicks with what I think the possible breed may be plus sex. Please correct if I'm wrong. I can only keep the pullets and would hate to get attached to the cockerals. The reason I'm guessing pebbles and almonds are males is because they didn't get their tail fathers or wing feathers as quickly as the others. Thank you so much!​

1. Honey - Golden comet/pullet

2. Almond - ? /cockeral?

3. Peaches - Delaware/pullet

4. Pebbles - black sex link/cockeral?

5. Angel - Delaware/pullet

 

[Raccoon lady]

To me, peaches looks like a rooster. I think its still to soon to tell, though

 

[Raccoon lady]

I also think almond is a speckled Sussex because of the white tips on feathers

 

[Vanlisa]

To me, peaches looks like a rooster. I think its still to soon to tell, though

Peaches definitely turning out to be a rooster, how could you tell? Sorry trying to learn for future

 

[Raccoon lady]

Peaches definitely turning out to be a rooster, how could you tell? Sorry trying to learn for future

Oh its fine.☺ I think I could tell by the larger and redder comb. It also helps to look at other backyard chicken threads on sexing chicks. You get better at it the more you do it.

 

[Raccoon lady]

Oh its fine.☺ I think I could tell by the larger and redder comb. It also helps to look at other backyard chicken threads on sexing chicks. You get better at it the more you do it.

Honestly, I would've said that it was 65% chance it would be a rooster when you first posted this thread. so, im not an expert. You keep learning!

 

[NatJ]

The reason I'm guessing pebbles and almonds are males is because they didn't get their tail fathers or wing feathers as quickly as the others.

That is usually not an accurate way to sex chicks.
Chicks of either gender can grow feathers fast or slow.

It is possible to cross parents with different feathering speeds and get chicks who feather at different rates depending on their gender-- but it is rare to find such chicks for sale at TSC.

So I would suggest looking at combs & wattles to help with gender (bigger and redder usually indicates a male). If any are still unclear when they are 2-3 months old, start looking for male-specific saddle feathers (narrow pointy feathers that grow on the back and eventually drape down on each side of the tail.)

Below I posted the names of the chicks with what I think the possible breed may be plus sex. Please correct if I'm wrong.

I'm not going to make any gender guesses about the chicks right now, but I do have some comments on breeds.

1. Honey - Golden comet/pullet

Golden Comets tend to have quite a few white feathers even on the females (especially in the wings and tails.) I think this chick is more likely to be a New Hampshire or a Rhode Island Red or a Production Red. All of those are mostly red, but the other color that can appear in their wings & tails is black rather than white.

2. Almond - ? /cockeral?

This one might be the same breed as Honey (New Hampshire, or Rhode Island Red, or Production Red.) The stripe on the head and the light tips on the feathers are making me unsure, because they can appear in chicks of the red breeds, but are more common in some other breeds (like maybe Speckled Sussex.)

3. Peaches - Delaware/pullet

5. Angel - Delaware/pullet

I agree that Delaware is likely for both of these.

4. Pebbles - black sex link/cockeral?

This breed/gender pairing is impossible for the chick in the photos.
Black Sexlinks have black females, but the males have white barring on their feathers. That is the "sexlink" part-- they can be sexed by color.

So this black bird with no white barring could only be a Black Sexlink if it is female.If it is male, it must belong to some other breed (like Black Australorp, or Black Jersey Giant, or something of the sort.)