Think I can safely say there are 3 boys in this group of almost 4 wk olds...

[Deltabwa]

And, like I said, I have been told that you can't autosex this and I believe it, I'm simply saying, it's quite a coincidence that the 3 that were brown, the one I believe is a female has no brown at all and never has, are, what I believe, are males.

 

[drumstick diva]

It will be interesting to see if that method holds true

 

[Deltabwa]

Here is the 4th ones comb. The mother has a deformed comb, halfway back it splits in 2. It almost looks like this one has a deformity

 

[Deltabwa]

12 days later, at almost 6 weeks, all 3 have red combs with red wattles. So, does this confirm they are boys for those that were unsure?

 

[Folly's place]

Very cute; three cockerels, one pullet. The other 'chicken math'!
Mary

 

[lazy gardener]

I believe that there is one pullet. While technically, this is not an "auto sexing" and the parent birds do not fall into "sex linking" protocal, I do believe that these birds Are sex linked. My roo has produced a lot of sex linked chicks. When he is placed over barred or cuckoo pattern, the black sex links fit the standard expectation regarding the cockerels having the white head spot, while the pullets are pure black. Invariably, the pullets start out with a BLACK comb and the cockerels have a standard red colored comb. My roo also produced pullets that could be identified by their willow colored legs, in contrast to the yellow colored legs of the cockerels when he was put over a willow colored leg Pioneer hen.

 

[Deltabwa]

Very cool! Now if I could just figure out how to change the ratio of male/female, I'll be set lol. Of the eggs I've hatched, the majority are male. Probably 75/25%.