Sexing my new chicks

[HeatherI90]

This is my first time raising baby chicks and I purchased 6 - day old chicks. 2 silkies, 2 Wyandottes and 2 Olive Eggers (or so I was told by the chicken farm I purchased from). They are all so beautiful and I’ve done a lot of reading on how to determine if I have pullets or cockerels. I believe I have at least 4 cockerels but unsure about the silkies. Looking for opinions! This batch is 8 weeks old.

 

[Rose the Legbar]

The birds in photos 1,2, and 3 are cockerels. They seem to be wyandottes but they don’t look like 100% pure Wyandottes as they have barring on their wings.

 

[Tookie]

Both Wyandottes and the first Olive Egger pictured are cockerels.
Too young to know for the Silkies.

 

[Tookie]

They seem to be wyandottes but they don’t look like 100% pure Wyandottes as they have barring on their wings.

That's just probably cause they're boys. Boys tend to have more splotchy coloring in certain breeds.

 

[Saveria]

I am bad at sexing silkies, but I think you are correct about all the cockerels.

 

[HeatherI90]

Both Wyandottes and the first Olive Egger pictured are cockerels.
Too young to know for the Silkies.

How old is old enough to know for silkies ?

 

[Tookie]

How old is old enough to know for silkies ?

I'd say at least 18 weeks??

 

[HeatherI90]

So now that I am fairly confident I have more than 1 cockerel, how long can males live together in harmony before I need to change things ?

 

[LTAY1946]

So now that I am fairly confident I have more than 1 cockerel, how long can males live together in harmony before I need to change things ?

A lot depends on the breed as to how early they start going hormonal.

 

[Tookie]

So now that I am fairly confident I have more than 1 cockerel, how long can males live together in harmony before I need to change things ?

Hmmm...it really depends.