Sexing Whiting True Blues

AOrchard

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May 27, 2020
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Hello! I am raising 8 Whiting True Blues, a new breed for me. I assumed it would take a long time to sex since they are pea comb, and my pea comb EE's took almost 3 months. However at a whopping 4.5 weeks old, most of the chicks seem drastically different in comb. Are these actual sexable pea comb differences this early? Looks to me like 4 obvious boys, 3 obvious hens, and the spotty head one is the only one I feel unsure of, but maybe a boy?

(Forgive the messy background, I'm remodeling while also having chicks in the house 😭 )
 

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Back with new pics a month later!

This is the one I still feel confused by:
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Comb has some red unlike the girls, but it's way less red and much smaller than the boys. Saddle feathers just starting in two of the four boys. Nothing yet on mystery chick above.

The rest below I'm still feeling confident on that as four boys and three girls. Pics shown for comparison, all chicks are within a few days of age and are half siblings.
 

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