White Leghorns

[Katiemac03]

Hello folks - I’m new to this forum and fairly new to raising chickens. I successfully hatched 5 leghorn eggs 10 weeks ago and really need to know the gender of my 5 ‘kids’.
One of the chicks was always a cockerel from day 1 by his behaviour and comb colour & size - but now they’re 10 weeks, the 3 I thought were pullets look like cockerels - one is definitely a pullet ... if I do have 4 cockerels any advice would be appreciated, I realise I can’t leave them all together

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Hello folks - I’m new to this forum and fairly new to raising chickens. I successfully hatched 5 leghorn eggs 10 weeks ago and really need to know the gender of my 5 ‘kids’.
One of the chicks was always a cockerel from day 1 by his behaviour and comb colour & size - but now they’re 10 weeks, the 3 I thought were pullets look like cockerels - one is definitely a pullet ... if I do have 4 cockerels any advice would be appreciated, I realise I can’t leave them all together

Yes, it looks like only one girl. You MUST separate them, as you have noted.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Can we have a picture of them from the side? The saddle feathers are a big giveaway.

It's so hard on white birds. Saddles are invisible.
But there's one little pullet in there next to all her brothers for sure.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

At what age should I separate them if they are 4 boys?

Whenever trouble starts. How old are they? I can give you a good estimate. It'll be soon.
Even if you want to keep ONE with her, you will need more pullets. Even if you don't want to keep a roo, you will need more pullets.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

I'm not seeing saddles much, but the tails on those boys are all curvy.

 

[black_cat]

At 10 weeks, that big of a comb and wattles, even on leghorns, is a huge giveaway. Four boys one girl.

 

[Katiemac03]

Thanks for your help guys, Just got to find homes for 3 boys and find more girls now

 

[Katiemac03]

I have 5 leghorns. Their combs are super large, tall and red. 2 Have reeeealllly large wattles they must be 4 inches long down their front. All are GIRLS. I get 5 white eggs a day. No other white egg layers.

Ok so now I’m super confused! Their tail feathers look quite curly - can’t really see Saddle feathers very well ... a couple of them are play fighting each other, do pullets do that or just cockerels?

 

[The Happster]

Ok so now I’m super confused! Their tail feathers look quite curly - can’t really see Saddle feathers very well ... a couple of them are play fighting each other, do pullets do that or just cockerels?

They're male. You have one pullet.
Saddles won't be visible at 10 weeks.
Both sexes play fight.

 

[WindingRoad]

OP's birds are only 10 weeks old.

I noticed that. I was remarking on why combs and wattles might not always denote gender. Eggs mostly do.