Sexing my 4 day old chicks

[rjohns39]

Hi and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us

 

[Isadora]

Hello, and welcome to BYC! I'm so glad you decided to join our friendly and helpful community

 

[MaranOwner123]

Hi all, a quick update on the chicks:

They are now about 3 weeks old and growing fast!

Here is a picture of the cream legebar - do we all still think cockerel??..

 

[MaranOwner123]

Hi all, a quick update on the chicks:

They are now about 3 weeks old and growing fast!

Here is a picture of the cream legebar - do we all still think cockerel??..
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I don’t know why the picture posted 3 times !!

 

[janiedoe]

I've never had a legbar cockerel. The females have a salmon colored chest, so I believe you have a male.

 

[MaranOwner123]

I've never had a legbar cockerel. The females have a salmon colored chest, so I believe you have a male.

Ok thank you very much - I am exited to see how he turns out!

 

[Boppo]

Glad to meet you. Best wishes with your birds.

 

[GermanKennhuhn]

I’d say cockerel.

 

[MaranOwner123]

Hi all, quick update on the chicks - they are around 4 1/2 weeks old now and growing very very fast!

Orange feathers have started to appear on the copper marans neck.

A plume on the cream legbar cockerels head has started to appear - does this mean that he is a hen after all?

Also I have another small flock of older hens that are a couple of years old - when can I start introducing my new hens into their area with them?

I will attatch some photos of them for reference:

 

[NatJ]

A plume on the cream legbar cockerels head has started to appear - does this mean that he is a hen after all?

Both genders of Legbar have a little crest (tuft of feathers) behind the comb. It's usually more obvious on the females, but the males have a little one too.

And that comb is big enough and red enough to mean cockerel, given that he's only 4 1/2 weeks old.

Also I have another small flock of older hens that are a couple of years old - when can I start introducing my new hens into their area with them?

You can start now, depending on how you do the introductions.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/my-coop-brooder-and-integration.74591/
Here's an article about how one person introduces chicks, starting when they are quite young.