Please help me sexing my newly hatched chicks

[Chickhawk]

Another update, at 4.5 weeks

One of the pullet from the Light Sussex mom

One of the cockerel from Light Sussex mom

What appear to be cockerels from Mixed Created Cream Legbar. I still hope that they are pullets but the comb and wattles scream cockerels, can someone confirm or infirm?

The pullet from the Plymouth Barred Rock

One of the cockerels from the Plymouth Barred Rock

 

[Iluveggers]

Legbar mixes definitely look like cockerels to me.

 

[Chickhawk]

Quick update on my Legbar mixes, they started to have a crest.

And the Light Sussex pullets coloring came out very nice

As well as the cockerels

 

[Iluveggers]

They are so pretty!

Any chance you think the Sussex pullet might actually be a cockerel?

 

[Chickhawk]

They are so pretty!

Any chance you think the Sussex pullet might actually be a cockerel?

If you look at the beginning of the post, the rooster is a BLR Wyandotte and the hen is a Light Sussex. This creates sex-link chicks where the pullets are red and the cockerels are white.
@Iluveggers

 

[Iluveggers]

If you look at the beginning of the post, the rooster is a BLR Wyandotte and the hen is a Light Sussex. This creates sex-link chicks where the pullets are red and the cockerels are white.
@Iluveggers

Oh perfect! The wattles scared me a teeny bit!

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Quick update on my Legbar mixes, they started to have a crest.

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And the Light Sussex pullets coloring came out very nice
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As well as the cockerels
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I love all the updates! I can confirm, comb size and barring indicates that the Legbar mixes are cockerels. Sorry for all the cockerels! Such beautiful chicks regardless!

 

[Chickhawk]

I love all the updates! I can confirm, comb size and barring indicates that the Legbar mixes are cockerels. Sorry for all the cockerels! Such beautiful chicks regardless!

I have such bad luck with the cockerels/pullets proportion in my hatches.

First hatch: Light Sussex, 4 pullets, 5 cockerels, not bad.
Second hatch: Ameraucana: 2 pullets, 8 cockerels
Third hatch, the one here: 3 pullets, 8 cockerels

I would say it is somewhat frustrating. Anyhow, seeing how nice the Legbar mix cockerels appearance is coming, I am considering sending my BLR Wyandotte to freezer camp and keep one of them to mate with my other hens. I like crested hens!

 

[Chickhawk]

Another update. Just as a reminder, they hatched on Nov 10 so 6.5 weeks. Rooster is a BLR Wyandotte.

Please have a second look at #9, feathering turned out to be blue. From the chicken breed calculator, it could indicate this is a pullet instead of a cockerel. See this post: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...lue-laced-red-wyandotte.1557004/post-26393040

From the Light Sussex hen (#1 to #5)
#1 (pullet)

#2 (pullet)

#3 (cockerel)

#4 (cockerel)

#5 (cockerel)

From the Legbar mix (#6 & #7)

#6 (Looks like a cockerel to me, unless someone tells me otherwise)

#7 (another cockerel)

And now from the Plymouth Barred Rock hen (#8 - #11)

#8 (pullet (black sex-link))

#9 (I need a second look here, not sure about pullet or cockerel, feathering turned out to be blue)

#10 (cockerel)

#11 (cockerel)

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Another update. Just as a reminder, they hatched on Nov 10 so 6.5 weeks. Rooster is a BLR Wyandotte.

Please have a second look at #9, feathering turned out to be blue. From the chicken breed calculator, it could indicate this is a pullet instead of a cockerel. See this post: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...lue-laced-red-wyandotte.1557004/post-26393040

From the Light Sussex hen (#1 to #5)
#1 (pullet)
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#2 (pullet)
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#3 (cockerel)
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#4 (cockerel)
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#5 (cockerel)
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From the Legbar mix (#6 & #7)

#6 (Looks like a cockerel to me, unless someone tells me otherwise)
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#7 (another cockerel)
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And now from the Plymouth Barred Rock hen (#8 - #11)

#8 (pullet (black sex-link))
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#9 (I need a second look here, not sure about pullet or cockerel, feathering turned out to be blue)
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#10 (cockerel)
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#11 (cockerel)
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#9 is a cockerel. While he is blue barred, he is still barred which indicates he's a cockerel