what sex for these classroom chicks????

garp94

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These are 4 classroom chicks hatched the second week of May., so they're just over 3 months old now. I thought they were all leghorn mixes, but #4 looks much different, in body and stance.

1 in foreground and chick 2 behind: 1 has a thicker neck than 2 and 3
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1 in center
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2
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3
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4 This one is the only one with thick legs, it also the most comb and wattle development compared to the other 3, but the tail is never held as upright as the others, and isn't as long. I don't know if it's because there's more MIX in her, or if it's a he.
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If they really are leghorn mixes, it'll be pretty hard to tell. Leghorn hens have large red combs & wattles. The bird in the last pic could be a pullet with more leghorn genes than the other chicks. I wouldn't bet on gender on leghorn mixes 'till I heard a crow or saw an egg!
 

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