What gender are my lavendar orphingtons? Light sussex? Coronation sussex?

[Chicmama5]

I have 15 chicks that are five and half weeks old. 2 are lavendar orphingtons. 6 are light sussex and 7 coronation sussex. Trying to figure out how many roos I have. Is this possible at this age? I will post pictures. If anyone can help. Thank you.

 

[JaeG]

At around 6 weeks old you can take a good guess as to who is what so post some photos showing the whole chicken side on. Yours are about old enough now.

 

[Chicmama5]

Here's a picture of the two lavendars. One has a reddish comb the other more pink cream color comb.

 

[Gray Farms]

Looks like one of each on your lavenders, cockerel & pullet. I see one light Sussex cockerel as well.

 

[Chicmama5]

Wow. Thank you. How can u tell ? Is it by the comb or feathers or both.

 

[Chicmama5]

I'll post some more pictures tonight of the others. If they will hold still. Lol

 

[LilJoe]

It looks like a male and a fema Mmm e lavender orpington... I need a better angle though

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

In the picture:
Lavender on left is a cockerel.
Lavender on right is a pullet.
Sussex at the very bottom, with black on its neck, also a cockerel.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Wow. Thank you. How can u tell ? Is it by the comb or feathers or both.

How you can tell, is, at around six+ weeks, any bird with a pink/red comb, is a cockerel. (a pullet will have a light orange/peachy color. Cockerels also may have little red wattles developing. If u still aren't sure, at around twelve weeks+, cockerels will develop pointy/long hackle (neck), saddle (at the base of the tail, going down on either side), and sometimes the tail will have feathers that start curling downward. Don't get scared when around twenty weeks old, the pullets will get bigger, redder combs. That just means they are getting ready to lay! Hope this helps.

 

[Chicmama5]

Thank you all so much. Great info.