Sexing chicks

[Goatmama123]

These are my first chicks- I have 10 total, there are 4 easter eggers and 6 olive eggers. They are all between 1-2 weeks old.

I noticed that some of them have... what seem to be rooster plume feathers growing near their rear ends. Is this a way to sex chickens? Some of them of the same age do not have these feathers which makes me think it is rooster specific

I have posted some pics for reference. First pic chick one (if this theory is correct) would be a hen while chick 2 could be a rooster.

Pic 2.. This chick is the biggest of all the chicks which already made him a rooster suspect, and he is kind of a ********. He has big feathers that stick out from his rump.

Am I totally off with this theory?

 

[QueenMisha]

While cockerels 5-10 weeks may have curled tail feathers and cockerels 10-12+ weeks will develop sickles, except in breeds with the sex-linked slow feathering gene, this type of feather sexing is not accurate in birds this young. Even in older birds, hens may sometimes grow curved tails (though never real sickles).

 

[beetandsteet]

While cockerels 5-10 weeks may have curled tail feathers and cockerels 10-12+ weeks will develop sickles, except in breeds with the sex-linked slow feathering gene, this type of feather sexing is not accurate in birds this young. Even in older birds, hens may sometimes grow curved tails (though never real sickles).

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[lazy gardener]

Not at all reliable, but I've found that females typically grow out their feathers faster than males. You'll have a better indication of gender when they get a bit older.