Sexing six week old chicks

[aoxa]

Thank you for all the replies.

Ok looks like I may have to have my SLR serviced but have taken some more pics with side views of the Chicks as requested. I know it's still very early to be sexing them (Just about seven weeks now) but it's just for a bit of fun at precent. The first time one of then crow, he's off back to the farm I got them from.

Chick A

Pullet

Chick B (Eyes)

Roo

Chick C

Pullet

Chick D

Roo

Chick E

Pullet

Chick F (Black one behind)

Roo

Chick G

Roo

Chick H

Pullet

I wish I could start a pol on this forum for each one of the chicks to get votes on gender on each of them.

My Hy-Line Brown Hens are now giving me an egg each just about every day. I have Mrs. Brown or "Feather"  and then the Twins as I can never tell the difference between the two of them. Mrs. Brown takes care of every one and talks to me when ever I sit with them and stroke the big girls. The chicks still won't let us get close to them as they were free range chicks with the mum.

 

[hokankai]

I concur!

 

[ChickenExtreme]

What makes you think chick D. is a roo? When it's screaming pullet

 

[mebigdave]

Thanks for all the replies - looks like all the chicks showing the biggest combs are Roos.

 

[aoxa]

What makes you think chick D. is a roo? When it's screaming pullet   

Did you full size? There are bright pink waddle buds.

 

[ChickenExtreme]

Did you full size? There are bright pink waddle buds.

Yea

, I'm still leaning towards pullet though, nothing says roo about that bird

 

[aoxa]

Yea , I'm still leaning towards pullet though, nothing says roo about that bird

The colour of the wattles says roo

Here is one of my own 6 week old boys.

Here is a 7 week old girl of the same cross.

The same girl 3 weeks later.

At 15 weeks her wattles are still non-existent That's how I base my guess. My girls never have pink wattles until 12 weeks or over, and even then they are tiny until POL.

 

[cmfarm]

Do they all have single colmbs? It is hard to tell in the pictures.

 

[aoxa]

Do they all have single colmbs? It is hard to tell in the pictures.

I agree - it is hard to tell in some of them.

 

[mebigdave]

No - a number of the black ones have Pea Combs. They are seven weeks today and the single comb roos are really showing now. I don't know how to judge the pea comb chicks but I had a guy around today that has many chickens and he's leaning towards three to four roos...