It looks like my girl did at that age, but 5 weeks is close. Next week or by the 7th week it will be more obvious. It's been 4 days since your post...got a pic from today?So better pics of the babies. Just over 5 weeks now. Both were bought as day old pullets from Meyer Hatchery if that helps. Chick A. PLEASE tell me I'm paranoid and this is a girl. She is so sweet. The first chicken I have had that will willingly come up to be held and seems to look for affection. The second pics are more the true color in her comb. The first is a little darker than IRL because I was trying to tone down the flash to show the truer color of the feathers.
This is Chick B. She is much flightier and would not hold still for pics, so I'm hoping you can tell both color and come here. Her leg washing is lighter than Chick A's even though you can't see them here. Her comb is also pinking, though not as much as Chick A's.
I'm a noob, but IRL their barring looks identical to me. I can only tell them apart by the combs and by personality.
ETA: I cannot have roosters (I'm in town) so I've always bought all pullets but seem to have the worst luck. Boys will be dinner when they start to crow. I'm hoping both are girls, but will be much sadder if Chick A is a boy than if Chick B is. If both are boys I think I will pull my hair out because this is getting ridiculous. I already have at least one boy in a batch of all factory-sexed girls (Can I get a refund?!).
The coloring in them both screams girls. The comb size in Chick A throws me a bit but I had a hen that had the larger comb at an early age.
Okay, so after reading all of these posts, I'm getting a little worried.
I live in a city where we can't have roosters, only hens (because apparently a crowing rooster is noisier than all the construction going on all year long at 5am...). The Barred Rock I got from our local farm supply had chicks "sexed at the nursery" and only pullets because, well, it's a city farm supply that doesn't allow roosters.
Anyway, this BR was hatched around the 29th of July, so she (I hope!) is around 3.5 weeks old. She's fully grown in her wing feathers and already fluttering around like a helicopter with a pilot on acid, and while her tail and other feathers are starting to come in and her fuzz is messy and falling out, she's not nearly as grown-in as the pullets pictured. This is the best pic I have of her currently:
Any ideas? Or do you need a clearer picture? (and yes, that's our White Rock is hiding under her)
Also, if it helps, she has a fairly dark wash on her legs, and her comb is small, spiky and yellow
