Hi all! I hatched out 6 Speckled Sussex babies exactly one month ago and suspect all 3 below are Roos but wanted second opinions before I rehome them. These 3 are more vibrant colored than the other 3 I assume are girls. They have more white on their chests with bright mahogany on the sides of their chests whereas the girls are more brownish. Their body stance is also more upright with a full roundness in the chest. What do you think?
#1 is usually found strutting around and patrolling the perimeter of the run, and already has deep pink waddles. He’s the only one of my chicks with greenish iridescent feathers on his back. Mama photo bombed him in this one.
#2 is yellowish in the comb but today, stared down my full grown Buff Orpington hen for several intense seconds. She won. No waddles coming in yet.
#3 has been seen bumping chests with the other two and just has a more roosterish body. Mama still doesn’t trust me taking photos of her babies.
#1 is usually found strutting around and patrolling the perimeter of the run, and already has deep pink waddles. He’s the only one of my chicks with greenish iridescent feathers on his back. Mama photo bombed him in this one.
#2 is yellowish in the comb but today, stared down my full grown Buff Orpington hen for several intense seconds. She won. No waddles coming in yet.
#3 has been seen bumping chests with the other two and just has a more roosterish body. Mama still doesn’t trust me taking photos of her babies.
but all the ones who had red combs early were males all my girls stayed light even now at 4 months
