Will wing/feather sexing work on these? - UPDATE - 8week photos added

[ChickadeeCan]

Hi

New here but have been searching and reading so much! We currently have 6 chicks in our house that we hatched as part of a ‘Hatch the Chicken’ rental. They are 5/6 days old and we are wishing to keep them, well as many of them as we can because we are only allowed to have hens. I have been reading a lot into ways of sexing and at a best guess I think 4 are likely keepers but, my heart doesn’t want to get rid of chicks that could be hens! Therefore I’m wondering about keeping them all until I can tell the roosters for definite.

The 4 that I feel are ‘safe bets’ have had noticeably different wing feathers from day 1 and are now showing small tail feathers. However I’ve read that the breed matters in this theory and I do not know enough about this yet! This is what I’ve been told...

‘The browns are usually fathered by Black Cooper Marans, Danish Leghorn or Phoenix. Moms are Production reds or Ameraucanas. The yellows turn red or white. If white, they are Ameraucanas or Easter Eggers (blue eggs). If red, they are Production reds (Bovans or Miller Browns). Unknown fathers.’

The two ‘brown’ ones hatched out of white eggs and the yellows hatched out of brown eggs.

And these are the chicks! Would be grateful of any info that could help us. Any help appreciated

 

[chicks13]

You should wait until the chicks develop more feathers and the feathering method doesn't always 100% work.

 

[keesmom]

This is what I’ve been told...

‘The browns are usually fathered by Black Cooper Marans, Danish Leghorn or Phoenix. Moms are Production reds or Ameraucanas. The yellows turn red or white. If white, they are Ameraucanas or Easter Eggers (blue eggs). If red, they are Production reds (Bovans or Miller Browns). Unknown fathers.’

The two ‘brown’ ones hatched out of white eggs and the yellows hatched out of brown eggs.

And these are the chicks! Would be grateful of any info that could help us. Any help appreciated

This is confusing. Where did this information come from? Are these chicks mixed breeds?

If those breeds are the potential parents, then none should have come from a white egg.

 

[ChickadeeCan]

This is confusing. Where did this information come from? Are these chicks mixed breeds?

If those breeds are the potential parents, then none should have come from a white egg.

Oh this is what the lady who I got them from told me when I emailed to ask about keeping them!

 

[keesmom]

Unfortunately you are going to have to wait around 6-8 weeks to sex them, and possibly figure out what sort of mixes they are.

 

[ChickadeeCan]

Unfortunately you are going to have to wait around 6-8 weeks to sex them, and possibly figure out what sort of mixes they are.

Thank you - that just means we will have to keep them all until that time, which is fine with us. I’ll be interested to see what they look like!

 

[ChickadeeCan]

Hi, these guys are now almost 8 weeks - I have no idea on the black ones? The others I think 2 roos, the red and the one in pic3? Any info on gender and breed appreciated thank you!

 

[FuzzyCritters]

They all look like pullets. I am seeing no bright pink or red combs, which would mean a cockerel. They all look like mixed breeds, but the red one could have some rhode island red in her and the white ones could be leghorn mixes.

 

[ChickadeeCan]

They all look like pullets. I am seeing no bright pink or red combs, which would mean a cockerel. They all look like mixed breeds, but the red one could have some rhode island red in her and the white ones could be leghorn mixes.

Ooh I would be ecstatic if they’re all pullets!

 

[ChickadeeCan]

Unfortunately you are going to have to wait around 6-8 weeks to sex them, and possibly figure out what sort of mixes they are.

Wondering what you think of the updated pics? Thank you!