Roos or Hens?

[ChickieMama186]

My chickens are 4 weeks old and I have a good feeling about a few of them but not 100% sure.

Rhode Island Red. Leaning toward hen.

Barred Rock #1. We have two of these rascals and they look the same. Not sure on their genders.

Barred Rock #2.

Splash Cochin. This one I'm leaning towards hen. Or maybe that's wishful thinking. Lol

Black Copper Maran. Really hoping for this one to be a hen as well. But again, I have no idea.

Buff Orpington. I'm about 99% sure he's a roo.

Buff Orpington #2. Leaning towards hen.


I know that it might be a hair too early to truly tell but let me know what you think!

 

[Gray Farms]

4 weeks is still a little young. But I'm seeing lots of cockerels. Barred Rocks are cockerels for sure. And so is at least one of you Buff Orpingtons.

 

[Keeperofmunchkins]

BO1, the two barred rocks and the BCM are cockerels. The RIR, splash cochin and BO2 are pullets.

 

[sourland]

Let them grow a bit and then post free standing profile shots for a better gender identification.

 

[Clminer]

I’m new to chickens but Buff#1 is definitely a roo. Im curious to how his personality will be. My three buff pullets are my most docile, friendly birds.

 

[aart]

Only see one, maybe two, pullet...another couple weeks should tell the tale.
At 6 weeks all the males will be much redder with larger wattles.

 

[ChickieMama186]

I’m new to chickens but Buff#1 is definitely a roo. Im curious to how his personality will be. My three buff pullets are my most docile, friendly birds.

Thanks! He's super sweet and super curious. He's the first one to investigate everything and is fearless.

 

[ChickieMama186]

Only see one, maybe two, pullet...another couple weeks should tell the tale.
At 6 weeks all the males will be much redder with larger wattles.

I was wondering when we should start to see some true color definition. Thanks!

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

2, 3, 5, and 6, are obvious cockerels. It's too young on the others. Post pics of their combs at 6 weeks.

 

[Alexandra33]

It's still a bit early, but some are definite cockerels (namely both Barred Rocks, and Buff Orpington #1). BCMs are also pretty suspicious.

~Alex