Sussex gender help please?

[squishychicky]

Finally got a couple of shots of my 9 week old light sussex babies, they're not fantastic, these 2 will not stay still!

#1 eating mulberries so that really dark red spot on her beak is mulberry stain lol

#2

Thanks i have no idea on these two, but i know with the white feathers it's probably hard by photo but worth a shot!

 

[ChickNanny13]

Look like pullets to me

 

[squishychicky]

Thanks that's what i thought originally, then i started reading posts and got all confused lol, they have quite different looking tails.

 

[ChickNanny13]

Cockerels develop hackle & saddle feather, the neck & base of tail feather are pointy & thin like "streamers"

 

[Chicken Girl1]

The second looks like a pullet. Don't hate me for asking but......could you try and get a better picture of the first? I'm undecided on whether it is a cockerel.

 

[squishychicky]

That was the one I was more unsure of because of the tail, will try over the next few days. They are so skittish!

 

[squishychicky]

Did find this one we took the other night, with flash, only way we could catch her/him!

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Looks like two pullets!

 

[lazy gardener]

For now, I'm guessing 2 pullets. Beautiful birds. I have 2 Colombian Wyandottes that have the same coloration. These girls are MASSIVE, over 6 months old and not laying yet, though one is close. I think the wait will be well worth it.

BTW, pointed saddle and hackle feathers as well as the sickle tail feathers are secondary characteristics and do not show up until puberty. I'm guessing your birds are not quite that old yet. Expecting puberty will hit later for them.

 

[Chicken Girl1]

Did find this one we took the other night, with flash, only way we could catch her/him!View attachment 1170782

I'm worried about the size of its comb at this age :-/. It isn't screaming one way or another to me so I'll abstain from giving a final opinion at the moment .