Still need help sexing 6 wk old "barnyard mix" chicks - *Lots of Photos*

[myfivegirls]

They were hatched Easter Weekend (3/28-4/1), so they're now 6 weeks old. The photos below are when they were 5 1/2 weeks. All are mixes, but just want help with their genders.
People are waiting for some of the chicks, but I want to make sure I give them females. Some are becoming more obvious, but some are still confusing. Thank you so much!


Chick #1 from GLW dad & EE mom = Pullet?



Chick #2 from GLW dad Partridge Rock mom = Pullet?





Chick # 2 - blond EE mix; pullet?





Chick # 3 - EE mom x Blue Andalusian/EE roo = not sure; single comb, not as large and pink as obvious roos







Chick # 4 EE mix - comb small but slightly pink - is common in the EE pullets I've raised

I think this is also chick # 4


Chick #4 from Freedom Ranger hen & Blue Andalusian/EE roo = nice big body size (compared to other chicks), single comb med sized, dark black; thought was roo, but comb isn't as large and red as other obvious roosters



There's two that look similar, so I'm not sure if this is the same one



Chick on right is # 7 - an obvious roo



Left: Chick #3 again
Middle: Chick # 5 - Blue Andalusian/EE roo x EE or FR hen = not sure, but leaning towards pullet
Right: Chick #6 - Dominque hen x Blue Andalusian/EE roo = at first thought roo because of single/rose comb mix size, but it hasn't turned red or pink or grown in size.




Chick #6 again


Chick #7 - obvious roo


Chick #8 - rooster


Chick # 9 - EE pullet? - pea comb larger than other pullets, but still yellow


Left: Chick #10 - white/splash
Right: Chick # 11 - GLW mix - bright colors, only slightly pink comb


Front Middle: Chick # 10
Left: Chick #11 - roo? pink wide rose comb mix
Middle: Chick # 12 - roo ? - pink comb
other chicks most likely roos too

UPDATE: these chicks are now obvious roosters, as their combs have gotten redder & bigger



Any guesses on the two white ones in the middle?

Left - roo? from partidge chantecler mom x EE dad?
Right - roo, too

 

[myfivegirls]

Why isn't anyone responding? I know they're not purebreds, but I'd think that at least someone would have a guess on one or two of them.
Do I need closer pictures of their combs?

Thanks for responding.

 

[jamie7100]

I'll take a stab - sorry you haven't gotten responses Mixed breed chicks do seem to be more challenging

They were hatched Easter Weekend, so they're now 6 weeks old. Most of the photos are of them at 5 1/2 weeks. All are mixes, but just want help with their genders.
I have people that are waiting for some pullets, and they want them asap. But, I have to first figure out which ones are females. Thank you so much!


Chick #1 from GLW dad & EE mom = Pullet?



^^ pullet


Chick #2 from GLW dad Partridge Rock mom = Pullet?




^^ pullet



Chick # 2 Left - EE pullet?
Chick # 3 Right - EE mom x Blue Andalusian/EE roo = not sure; single comb, not as large and pink as obvious roos


Left chick - pullet, but can't see comb. Watch those wings for red coming in on the shoulders (signs of EE male)

Chick #3 again




^^ something makes me want to say roo, but I don't see anything obviously male about it. It seems to have long legs.


Chick # 4 EE mix - comb small but slightly pink - is common in the EE pullets I've raised

I think this is also chick # 4


^^ looks like a pullet so far, but look how big those legs are.


Chick #4 from Freedom Ranger hen & Blue Andalusian/EE roo = nice big body size (compared to other chicks), single comb med sized, dark black; thought was roo, but comb isn't as large and red as other obvious roosters




^^ pullet

There's two that look similar, so I'm not sure if this is the same one


^^ pullet


Chick on right is # 7 - an obvious roo


^^ pullet on left, roo of course, on right. Still not positive on the one in the back.


Left: Chick #3 again
Middle: Chick # 5 - Blue Andalusian/EE roo x EE or FR hen = not sure, but leaning towards pullet
Right: Chick #6 - Dominque hen x Blue Andalusian/EE roo = at first thought roo because of single/rose comb mix size, but it hasn't turned red or pink or grown in size.

^^ all of these look like pullets



Chick #6 again

^^ pullet


Chick #7 - obvious roo


^^ roo of course

Chick #8 - rooster

^^ looking like a roo


Chick # 9 - EE pullet? - pea comb larger than other pullets, but still yellow

^^ EE pullet coloring so far



Left: Chick #10 - white/splash
Right: Chick # 11 - GLW mix - bright colors, only slightly pink comb


^^ can't really tell but no obvious male traits


Front Middle: Chick # 10
Left: Chick #11 - roo? pink wide rose comb mix
Middle: Chick # 12 - roo ? - pink comb
other chicks most likely roos too


^^ left blue bird - roo white in front pullet yellow in the middle pullet maybe?



Any guesses on the two white ones in the middle?

^^ I think they look like roos?


Left - roo? from partidge chantecler mom x EE dad?
Right - roo, too

^^ chick on the left - pullet i think. Right - roo


Chick # 2 - blond EE mix; pullet?




^^ i think the blonde looks like a pullet so far.




Believe it or not, that's only a few of them, but I need to get more close-ups of the others.

 

[Contrastphoto]

Looks like a bunch of girls with the one boy?! The pea combs are hard for me to tell. Looks like you are going to have a colorful flock!

 

[Happy Chooks]

1 pullet
2 pullet
3 pullet
4 pullet
5 has awfully thick legs, but I think it's a pullet
6 pullet
7 cockerel
8 cockerel
9 pullet
10 pullet
11 cockerel
12 can't see well enough but by comb I'd say cockerel


blonde EE mix looks like a pullet

 

[myfivegirls]

Thank you for your responses.

Here's some photos from today - I tried to get better head shots; I'll list them by their wing band #s, so I can keep it straight, since there are a few look-a-likes.



wing band # 4507 - red patched coming in on wings; larger pea comb (a single comb genetics from granddad), but not red yet; EE x Blue Andalusian (BLA) /EE roo









wing band # 4548 - Freedom Ranger hen x BLA/EE









wing band #4541 (chick #11 in above photos) - GLW x EE mix











wing band #4523 - BLA/Red Sex Link x BLA /EE









wing band # 4515 - "splash chick" - BLA/EE x BLA/Partridge Rock hen








wing band # 4508 - Partridge Chantecler (cushion comb) x EE








Wing band #4547










Closer head shots of chick #2 in first group of photos

 

[marquisella]

Why isn't anyone responding? I know they're not purebreds, but I'd think that at least someone would have a guess on one or two of them.
Do I need closer pictures of their combs?

Thanks for responding.

Its too hard with mixed breed birds..at least for me..but I can say, if they are all the same age, and you can definitely tell the boys, then the others that don't look like them should be girls...makes sense?

 

[myfivegirls]

Quote: Yes, that would make sense IF they all had the same type of comb. The single comb roosters are obvious, but it's the pea, rose & mixes of two or more types of combs that gets confusing.

 

[Happy Chooks]

4507 - cockerel
4548 - pullet
4541 - cockerel
4523 - pullet
4515 - could go either way, but I'll say pullet
4508 - pullet
4547 - pullet

 

[myfivegirls]

4507 - cockerel
4548 - pullet
4541 - cockerel
4523 - pullet
4515 - could go either way, but I'll say pullet
4508 - pullet
4547 - pullet

Thanks for the response. I was thinking most of those were the same as you said. Except 4508 - the pure Chanteclers had hardly any comb, even the cockerals, at this age; I think the dad might be the one EE, but I don't know yet; I guess I'll just wait on that one a little longer.