Sex pop quiz

[SpeckledHen35]

Have you checked their tail feathers? It should be about time, right? Hold the tail feathers on your hand, fanning them out. Hens should have evenly sized feathers with rounded ends. Cockerels will have different size feathers and some with pointy ends.

Thank you for your answer, this is all great for my chicken id learning curve! The huge buff chick who looks like a boy, but is getting a lot of girl ID’s feathers are not the same length... that bird is tricky!

 

[SpeckledHen35]

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The BO is definitely a pullet. Lucky you, they're great birds. I know how you feel. One of my hatches this past winter was 7 out of 9 roosters. Most of them found homes, but one was too friendly, so I had to keep him.

I’m loving your confidence in her being female! Thank you.

 

[SpeckledHen35]

It’s been a few weeks, the boys are still easy, the ones I don’t know are still tricky for me to identify! Here are some pictures, but they are so unbelievably fast they are not the best shots. I’ve not added the obvious boys, just the questionable ones again! Thank you all again.

 

[SpeckledHen35]

It’s been a few weeks, the boys are still easy, the ones I don’t know are still tricky for me to identify! Here are some pictures, but they are so unbelievably fast they are not the best shots. I’ve not added the obvious boys, just the questionable ones again! Thank you all again.

I forgot the white one.

 

[Ryguy3684]

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I’m loving your confidence in her being female! Thank you.

Lol. I've hatched out about 100 Buff Orpingtons since last year. With our first group of all sexed pullets, we questioned them all the time. Once we started hatching, and saw the difference in the males/females, it's easier to tell. All of my pullets look like yours. My cockerals all look like the picture attached. In this picture, he's within a week of your pullets age. I've been able to tell as early as 4 weeks with this breed.

 

[Ryguy3684]

It might be a Buff rock, instead of a Buff Orpington. Very similar, but the buff rock has yellow legs, and the orpington has whitish-pink legs. Either way, pullet.

 

[SpeckledHen35]

Lol. I've hatched out about 100 Buff Orpingtons since last year. With our first group of all sexed pullets, we questioned them all the time. Once we started hatching, and saw the difference in the males/females, it's easier to tell. All of my pullets look like yours. My cockerals all look like the picture attached. In this picture, he's within a week of your pullets age. I've been able to tell as early as 4 weeks with this breed.

Wow, he’s very mature! Such a beautiful colour. 100 buffs, that’s quite an achievement!

It might be a Buff rock, instead of a Buff Orpington. Very similar, but the buff rock has yellow legs, and the orpington has whitish-pink legs. Either way, pullet.

yes, she is a buff rock bantam. Although she is twice the size of her siblings!

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Have you checked their tail feathers? It should be about time, right? Hold the tail feathers on your hand, fanning them out. Hens should have evenly sized feathers with rounded ends. Cockerels will have different size feathers and some with pointy ends.

Not an accurate sexing method

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Hi! Can you give me your best guesses on the sex of my chicks? They are 7 weeks.
I have 7 bantam crosses. Two ( pictured by drinker) are males I can see that! But the other 5 are tricky due to much smaller pea ( or is it rose comb?)
the buff chick is huge, so I’m thinking make, however it’s comb is very pale.
the polish crosses are confusing as one has the 3 pea comb lines but it’s pale. And the redder one is just one mound.
white chick, I have no idea! And specked chick..?!
Thank you !

Do you have updated pictures? They appear to have rose combs and walnut combs. The buff chick has a single comb.