Sex and breed of 3 week old chicks? **PICTURE HEAVY**

FaintBells

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Jul 1, 2018
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About two weeks ago I got four little babies at my local feed store. Within the time that I’ve had them, they’ve developed combs and began to exhibit some rooish behavior, which scares me greatly since we can only keep one rooster.

The babies fly and run at each other on occasion, and they stand rather tall.
On one occasion, my chihuahua decided to pay them a visit, and my little bantam leapt at her. I am almost sure this is roo behavior, but I don’t want to get rid of a future egg layer if they happen to be a very aggressive girl.

Below are some images of my chicks body, head, and wings. I’d really appreciate it if someone could figure out the breeds and genders of these little ones... it’d be a shame to have them all turn out to be roo’s. :barnie

Chick 1- Hazel

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Chick 2- Almond (bantam)

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Chick 3- Macademia

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Chick 4- Cashew
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(They had just finished a dirt bath:idunno)
 
Most of these are too young to tell you the breed and gender yet. Pictures when they are about 8-10 weeks old will help confirm by guesses below

Hazel- don't know either yet
Almond- probable cockerel, don't know breed yet
Macadamia- cockerel, not sure on breed
Cashew- Polish, to young to tell gender yet
 
All young chickens start to develop combs at three weeks, but Roos develop them faster. Within a few days to a week you will be able to tell the sex. As for breed, Cashew looks like a silkie, maybe an Egyptian Fayumi or a speckled Sussex for Macadamia, Ameraucana for Almond, and Hazel might be a black sex link
 
Thank you all for your input! I will hopefully remember to post an update on this bunch in a couple of weeks.
 

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