the four peeps are about 18 weeks old. need help sexing them. PHOTOS

[peacebird]

1 has feathered cheeks that are almost constantly fluffed out like whiskers. My roo has that too. Does that make it likely this is a boy? None of the other three have this fluffy-cheek thing going.

I have tried to see the difference between pointy feather tips and rounded on my hens and roo, and can't for the life of me figure that one out... None of the 4 have developed spurs yet, or tried to crow.
I am SO hoping it's three hens and only one more roo.....

oh - also, when do their combs grow? So far they are little short things, but the moms and dad all have tall combs.

 

[Katy]

Can you post pictures?....or tell us what kind of chicks they are? Pretty hard to tell without seeing them.

 

[CovenantCreek]

Pics will be needed, and maybe post them in the "what breed or gender is this" forum for the most traffic. It sounds like you have EEs, but if they're purebred then having muffs/tuffs would be required and not related to the sex of the bird.

 

[peacebird]

this is my rooster and the three "momma" hens.
Here's the feather faced peep:

Here's one of the other peeps (note no bushy cheeks):

 

[peacebird]

Poppa and the four peeps....

 

[silkiechicken]

The four peeps are girls. The puffy cheeks, is a beard!

 

[countryentertainment]

I agree they are all pullets. If you look at the side of your rooster- just to the front of the tail there are pointy feathers hanging down the side. Your pullets have rounded feathers in that area. The pointy feathers are more transparent on the edges than the rounded ones are. Wow are you lucky, we hatched 15 chicks last April and only 5 were pullets.

Cindy

 

[halo]

Very nice pictures!

 

[KKluckers]

That is a really cute bearded lady you have.