what sex are our chickens?

[Primary school hatching]

I have a class of early years children and would like to know the sex of our chicks that are now four weeks old. Can you help?

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Hi

Lovely chicks you have there! At 4 weeks it's a tad early to tell for sure but with the wattle and comb development of Toffee I would say he's a cockerel. I would also say the same for Woody.

 

[PeepersMama]

I agree with Yorkshire. Woody and Toffee are the only obvious males at this point.
Quaver is so cute! What breed?

 

[Primary school hatching]

I think the buff ones are Buff Plymouth Rock and the dark ones are Ancona and ardenner and the grey one is wyandotte I think.
Quaver has gone really sleepy today and isn't eating or drinking though, what should we do?
Thanks

 

[Hybridchucks]

Toffee is 100% cockerel and Woody too. So cute!
are the black and white ones austrolorps? or however u pronounce that
Are they all the same age?

 

[Hybridchucks]

Charlie is a silver sebright, Quaver cud be a buff orpington, the black and white ones (i think) are austrolorps except Toffee.....he has feathered feet.......so.....
Woody cud be a lavender orpington.......am i correct? did u hatch these yourself? they are gorgeous

 

[PeepersMama]

I think the buff ones are Buff Plymouth Rock and the dark ones are Ancona and ardenner and the grey one is wyandotte I think.
Quaver has gone really sleepy today and isn't eating or drinking though, what should we do?
Thanks

Aww, I've always wanted Ancona's. My neighbor has one, she's so pretty.
I thought she looked a tad off in the pics. Shd mighty be sick, but she might just be tired. If she is being really stubborn and not drinking, put some water in his beak with an eye dropper or small syringe. Keeping babies hydrated is very high on the priority list.
See if you can find some pribiotics or electrolytes to add to their water. Sav-a-chick is fairly common, and it works well. It wouldn't hurt the rest of them to have some of that too.
Hope she pulls through!

 

[Hybridchucks]

i don't think Charlie is a wyandotte, je looks more like a sebright than a wyandotte

 

[Hybridchucks]

see.

 

[PeepersMama]

Charlie is a silver sebright, Quaver cud be a buff orpington, the black and white ones (i think) are austrolorps except Toffee.....he has feathered feet.......so.....
Woody cud be a lavender orpington.......am i correct? did u hatch these yourself? they are gorgeous

Toffee is probably an Ancona. Ooh, no, Minorca. Aussies tend to be on the heavy side, these guys look pretty skinny. I think all the black ones are Minorca's. Charlie is definitely silver sebright, but I think Woody is a buff rock.

And Quaver..... I think probably buff rock. Are her feet yellow or more olive? They look more greenish in the pic but that might just be a shadow.