Sex these Faverolle/EE chicks. Updated photos post #1.

[Andora]

These were the most adorable little yellow and black fluff balls I have ever hatched!

Almost all of them got red combs around 4 weeks old. Now they are right at 3 months old. Two of them are 100% rooster with large growing red combs and shining tail feathers. The others have smaller reddening combs, and I'm just really not sure if they are pullets or different looking roosters.

Here are pictures of some of them, taken a few weeks ago. The father was an EE and the mothers were two different Salmon Faverolles and a Buff Brahma.

These are the two Brahma/EE's that I am unsure about. The third Brahma/EE is a rooster with a very red comb and a more solid brown/red with glossy feathers.

This is one:

This is the other one, two angles:

Those two look almost exactly alike.

This is the one who I'm certain is a little roo:

See how different he looks from the other two?



The rest are SF/EE's...

This is the rooster:

He has since grown green/black tail feathers...

Not sure about these...no glossy tail feathers, but still red combs for young pullets...!?!

^^This one now has a long straight tail, more like a pullet, but it has had a very red comb from a young age.

This is the same one as above.

Another more recent picture...

The tail looks like a pullet tail to me....?


The others look so much alike I get them confused.

You can see the Brahma/EE rooster in the background in the above picture.

What do you think?

 

[Andora]

anyone??

 

[luvchicks8]

look like girls except the one you know is a roo.

 

[ChooksChick]

I can't help much without better pics of the tails- I'm only seeing ambiguous feathering from those angles- can you add a good tail shot of each?

 

[sloallie10]

Agreed with the person above me.

THAT IS SUCH A COOL MIX!!!

 

[Andora]

I'll try to get pictures of their tails. It's hard to do because every time I bend down they all try to jump into my lap! They all have EE type tails--you know how for awhile on some EE's it's hard to tell by their tail? I've had pullets with droopy curly tails before they got to the point of lay.

I think they're a cool mix too! I wish I still had the EE roo so I could make more of them. He turned into a meany and I gave him away to my mailman.

 

[TrostPoultry]

Take a look at the tail or neck feathers when they are in your lap. If they are pointed, they are males. If they are rounded, girls.

J.

 

[Andora]

I know, I've tried directly comparing them to the for sure roosters and I can't tell any difference at all. It's especially hard to tell with the ones that have color patterns around their necks because all the feathers look pointy...it's only obvious when the roosters grow in their adult feathers.

 

[Andora]

Added more photos in the first post!

 

[De]

This is my guess
1. -
2. pullet
3. ?
4. cockerel
5.cockerel
6. cockerel
7. cockerel
8. ?
9. pullet
10. pullet
11. pullet
12. pullet
13. pullet
14. pullet
15. pullet