Sexing my 8 chickens. ~10weeks

[DeezeeSA]

Hi all

Hoping some of you experts can help sex and confirm breeds for me?

1. Silver Wyandotte
2. Gold Wyandotte
3. Gold Wyandotte
4. No idea
5. Buff Orpington
6. Light Sussex
7. Light Sussex
8. Pepin perhaps. Bantem.

Big thanks for any help

 

[Ravynscroft]

1-Silver Laced Wyandotte, cockerel
2-Gold Laced Wyandotte, cockerel
3-Gold Laced Wyandotte, pullet
4-Blue Orpington, suspect cockerel
5-Buff Orpington, pullet
6-not familiar with Light Sussex, pullet
7-same, cockerel
8-Pekin bantam, pullet

 

[JedJackson]

1-Silver Laced Wyandotte, cockerel
2-Gold Laced Wyandotte, cockerel
3-Gold Laced Wyandotte, pullet
4-Blue Orpington, suspect cockerel
5-Buff Orpington, pullet
6-not familiar with Light Sussex, pullet
7-same, cockerel
8-Pekin bantam, pullet

Agree. The blue Orpington (4) looks like a pullet but with a comb and wattles that developed at 10 weeks it is likely a cockerel despite its current looks.

 

[drumstick diva]

agree with Ravynscroft

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

1. Silver Laced Wyandotte Cockerel
2. Gold Laced Wyandotte Cockerel
3. Gold Laced Wyandotte Pullet
4. Blue Orpington *
5. Buff Orpington Pullet
6. **Sussex Pullet
7. ** Sussex Cockerel
8. Pekin Bantam Pullet

* Probably a cockerel. Orpingtons are a little slower developing, so in the next few weeks, you can see if it's comb reddens, or if it gets male feathering.
** they look like Light Sussex, but probably are crossed. They should be pure white, with black. I see lots of gold leakage coming through.

 

[Chicken Girl1]

1-Silver Laced Wyandotte, cockerel
2-Gold Laced Wyandotte, cockerel
3-Gold Laced Wyandotte, pullet
4-Blue Orpington, suspect cockerel
5-Buff Orpington, pullet
6-not familiar with Light Sussex, pullet
7-same, cockerel
8-Pekin bantam, pullet

x2

 

[DeezeeSA]

What resounding answers. Thanks so much guys

Some vary in age with some of these being 12 weeks . .. but no idea which we will keep any eye on the blue and may repost a piccie later . The blue orpington is a stunner... so much fluff!! I this he/she was the biggest if the chicks we bought so it' likely closer to the 12.

 

[Indyshent]

1 and 7 look like guys, but I suggest waiting longer before you give up on more pullets than others have suggested. Hatchery Wyandottes are terrible about looking like dudes when they arent. What you want to watch out for more than comb and wattles is actually feather color. Guys of most of these feather patterns wind up with markedly different coloring than pullets--particularly in their "shoulders" and saddles. Watch for these areas to become darker, and watch for pointy, shiny saddles. Pointed, shiny hackles is sadly fairly normal in ladies of some breeds (the guys will still be pointier and longer, but if you don't have one of the same breed for reference, you can get false rooster positives).

 

[Heather Navarro]

Help!? Can someone help sex these chickens.

 

[Indyshent]

Help!? Can someone help sex these chickens.

You should probably start a different thread.

That said, the buff Silkie looks like it might be getting streamers, so it's probably a guy. The barred Rock needs it's saddle feathers checked because in some pictures, it looks like it's hit new, shiny, pointy ones coming in (dude feature). Otherwise, they all look like girls.