Sexing Chickens

[Egriggs12]

I have raised chickens at my grandpa's before but I have always struggled with sexing young chickens.

I was wondering if you guys could give me a hand with some new ones I bought... I have picture uploaded but you can only see 2 chickens clearly the darker one on the bottom has a chicken almost identical to it so if you can tell me the gender of that one I'll know the other as well. I would really appreciate some help!

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC! I'm glad you joined us!

 

[1muttsfan]

Welcome to BYC,

The lighter colored middle bird is a roo, the darker middle bird a hen. The others are too blurry to tell.

 

[Peep-Chicken]

Hello and welcome to BYC!

 

[flewdcoop]

Hi glad you're here.

 

[Cockatrice6420]

I have raised chickens at my grandpa's before but I have always struggled with sexing young chickens.

I was wondering if you guys could give me a hand with some new ones I bought... I have picture uploaded but you can only see 2 chickens clearly the darker one on the bottom has a chicken almost identical to it so if you can tell me the gender of that one I'll know the other as well. I would really appreciate some help!

What breed are they?

 

[Egriggs12]

The 2 dark ones up front are cuckoomarans and the 2 light ones on the back are barred rocks

 

[Cockatrice6420]

The 2 dark ones up front are cuckoomarans and the 2 light ones on the back are barred rocks

The barred rocks are both female, roosters are opposite patterned with the black /grey barred over white, where the hens are grey based with white bars. The cuckoos are harder for me to tell based on looking up images and your image. How old are they?

 

[Cockatrice6420]

There's also a pretty active marans thread under breed discussions. I feel I should point you there for your cuckoos. If you could get more pics of them it would be helpful.

 

[drumstick diva]

Your picture is too blurry for the nearest and farthest birds. In the middle I see a cockerel and a pullet.