Silver Grey Dorking pullets and roos? - updated with pics

[suyoder]

OK, so I have 4 Silver Grey Dorkings, and they are 3 weeks old and already their backs and wings are fully feathered. Their chest feathers are just starting to come in. I was wondering, is it obvious at this age what are hens and what are roos?

 

[suyoder]

Pictures:


All four silver grey dorkings... plus two Salmon Faveroles adding color to the scene.


Another picture with all four birds... showing the head of each.



Bird #1 who has different chest feathers than the other three.


Bird #2


Bird #3


Bird #4


Last picture... I'm not sure if this is bird #2, #3, or #4... but it shows how the chest feathers are different from bird #1.

 

[BantamLover21]

Right now, they are all looking like pullets to me.

 

[Wyandottes7]

All of them look like pullets to me, too.

 

[suyoder]

That's what i thought, but what about the odd feathering on #1?

 

[cukooformarans]

#1 is a cockerel. The other three are definitely pullets though.

 

[cukooformarans]

Black breast feathers = Cockerels for SGD
Salmon breast feathers = Pullet for SGD

 

[suyoder]

lol - hate to say it for fear I'll sound like a know it all, but I thought so!
I figured it was probably either a mixed up pullet or a cockerel. in other words, i didnt know what it was!! Thanks!

 

[spotter]

An old thread, but was the first chick a cockerel and the other one a pullet? I have a 4 wk SGD with salmon breast feathers so just wondering.

 

[JessieJohnSsm]

An old thread, but was the first chick a cockerel and the other one a pullet? I have a 4 wk SGD with salmon breast feathers so just wondering.

I’m wondering the same thing. I have a dorking that’s a month old but the waddles are starting to show, has the brown chest feathers not black but was trying to get a head of the game on sexing lol