Sexing Polish chicks?

[chuckachucka]

Update:
Still hoping for some certainty, even though I knoooooow I'm supposed to wait longer. Anyway here they are at 8 weeks. I'm holding onto some hope that they are all females because I see no wattle or comb development and their crests are all roundish with rounded ends to the feathers.
Here they are in the same order as always:
Chick one (black) Truffle
Chick two (black and white) = Soufflé
Chick three (black again) = Muffin

 

[chuckachucka]

By the way has anyone ever had a polish/polish cross with such a floofy crest that it cant see at all? I have actually trimmed the front feathers of the middle chick (Soufflé) but she STILL cant see. I tried trying the feathers back but she hated it and pulled the band off. Short of cutting her half bald I don't know what else to do. I feel sorry for her wandering around sometimes! Once or twice she has mistaken my black Pekin for her black mother hen and got a nasty surprise peck for it.

 

[kirkyanne]

Have you had any luck sexing them yet? My blue polish has started getting wattles, but it's fro is still round and fluffy like the cuckoo.. I don't think the cuckoo and frizzle can see too well!

 

[chuckachucka]

Have you had any luck sexing them yet? My blue polish has started getting wattles, but it's fro is still round and fluffy like the cuckoo.. I don't think the cuckoo and frizzle can see too well!
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I'm not sure because some polish chicks are obvious at a few weeks while some, apparently, can't be sexed for months. No one's offered any opinions on my chicks on this thread either. As they all have no wattles I'm hoping for three pullets.

I've heard frizzles are even harder to determine. Do you have photos of yours?

 

[kirkyanne]

I'm not sure because some polish chicks are obvious at a few weeks while some, apparently, can't be sexed for months. No one's offered any opinions on my chicks on this thread either. As they all have no wattles I'm hoping for three pullets.

I've heard frizzles are even harder to determine. Do you have photos of yours?

Yes I posted them in my last post, did you see? Here I will attach them again The breeder I got them from said that the blue (last pic is a boy).. however I've heard that some pullets can have wattles though too from young age. So I should wait.. It's rather confusing !

 

[kirkyanne]

Also on my post I have been told that the blue is a pullet because of the controlled 'hair style' so that doesn't help at all lol

 

[chuckachucka]

No, couldn't see the photos before. The first chick looks like it could be a boy based on the thickness of the legs. The second one looks like a very high chance of pullet. Not sure about the third one with those wattles.
I've heard conflicting information about the crests. Some people say boys develop spiky hairdos from the start, others say they can grow spiky streamers in their otherwise rounded crests at a few months old. So with a rounded crest it still isn't certain. However, rounded crests plus no wattles or comb growth plus no obvious male behaviour by about 8 weeks probably indicates female.

 

[chuckachucka]

I think I'm going to say male for the blue because of the wattles and also because I can see his eyes! His crest feathers seem to go in a more slicked back direction. Wait another couple of weeks and see if the wattles redden up.

 

[kirkyanne]

Yes I will just have to wait and be patient. I have 5 other boys that I am also trying to find homes for! 2 barred rock and 3 pekin. They were so much easier to sex. I thought that the blue and frizzle were boys because they used to always play fight. The frizzle is a huge chick compared to the others. Time will tell I suppose

 

[kirkyanne]

I'm still confused but the frizzle and blue both have wattles now.. so maybe they are both boys. But the blue and cuckoo both have similar shaped crests, feathers and body shape, which makes it confusing. Have you determined yours yet?