Sexing Turkens and EE's? *Pic heavy*

[happyhens120]

These are my first turken and EE babies, and I honestly am not sure how to sex them. I just can't seem to find the hackles on these Turkens!

Thanks!

These Turkens are 7 weeks and the EE's 8 weeks:

Black #1: A little bigger than the rest

Black #2: This one is the smallest of all my Turkens

Buff #1: This one also has slate legs... is that normal for a Turken?

Buff #2: The largest of the buffs

Buff #3: Sorry this one wasn't cooperating for the camera

EE 1: Larger than "her" sister. Both EE's came from a hatchery and are supposed to be pullets.

EE 2: On the far right

And again on bottom:

And some 4 weekers... don't know if you can tell from these or not. There are 4 EE/Ameraucanas and 2 Black Orp/Iowa crosses.

 

[Lothiriel]

Both of your 8 week EEs are pullets. I have no experience with Turkens, but if I were to hazard a wild guess, I'd say Buff #1 is a pullet. No ideas on the others. Out of the 4 week EEs, the lightest one looks like it is possibly a cockerel.

 

[happyhens120]

Good I wanted 2 EE pullets!

My guess on the Turkens is this:
Black 1: cockerel
Black 2: cockerel (maybe?)
Buff 1: pullet
Buff 2: cockerel
Buff 3: pullet

But that's just based on their size/combs... anybody else have any ideas?

 

[jeslewmazer]

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[bloom_ss]

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[happyhens120]

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[drumstick diva]

The biggest buff is my favorite.

 

[happyhens120]

I'm so excited to see what they will grow up to look like! But... if I do have that many roos, I will have to cull some.

I have two boys already that I'm very fond of, and I'm afraid more than that will not be a good thing. I don't know if I'll keep one NN or not. I'm not doing any special breeding, so I don't think I'll need one, but just in case...

My favorite NN is the little buff with the blue eyes and slate shanks. I think she looks so pretty. She also has a big tuft of feathers on her neck, like she's trying to cover herself up!

 

[happyhens120]

Just noticed that my son is putting around on his John Deere tractor in the one picture. If he doesn't grow up to be a farmer...

 

[hdowden]

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pullet
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ee's look like they both are pullets

only a guess on the turkens and i am going off of comb size