Would love help sexing this small flock. 9 weeks old!

[kpac]

Not really any wattles at all, and really no comb that I can see even when I separate the feathers. Definitely no pinkish skin.

Llama Llama has always been super charismatic. Definitely our favorite, but also more roo-seeming in personality than makes us comfortable.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Also I believe that all polishes have hackle and saddle feathers (even the girls)!

Just out of curiosity, where did you hear this information? Not trying to be condescending or anything, just genuinely want to know! Polish hens and pullets do not get pointed saddles or hackles. They have the same sex characteristics of any other breed, just with a crest. The only hens who can get pointed saddle feathers (minus extremely rare hormone problems) are a few of the long-tailed breeds from especially good lines like an Onagadori. For any average chicken owner, a hen will never have pointed saddle/hackle feathers. I have never heard this myth before until recently and would like to figure out the source so it can stop being perpetuated!

 

[JustBabyMargo]

Just out of curiosity, where did you hear this information? Not trying to be condescending or anything, just genuinely want to know! Polish hens and pullets do not get pointed saddles or hackles. They have the same sex characteristics of any other breed, just with a crest. The only hens who can get pointed saddle feathers (minus extremely rare hormone problems) are a few of the long-tailed breeds from especially good lines like an Onagadori. For any average chicken owner, a hen will never have pointed saddle/hackle feathers. I have never heard this myth before until recently and would like to figure out the source so it can stop being perpetuated!

Oh no it’s totally fine! I don’t mind being wrong! I’ve seen it a few times but this is one of the sites I looked at when trying to sex my silver polishes (who both ended up being pullets!!):

https://www.reddit.com/r/BackYardChickens/comments/34r6vx

Thanks for catching my mistake!

 

[DaisyBuff]

Sorry to say but Zinnia is for sure a cockerel! Those head/neck feathers gave it all away! He looks like me little Sunny used to at that age! He’s the one on the left!View attachment 2785700Here is him now!View attachment 2785692

I agree with @JustBabyMargo!

 

[kpac]

Bummer. Zinnia is delightfully neurotic and we have been hoping to keep ‘her’. Appreciate your input very much!

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Oh no it’s totally fine! I don’t mind being wrong! I’ve seen it a few times but this is one of the sites I looked at when trying to sex my silver polishes (who both ended up being pullets!!):

https://www.reddit.com/r/BackYardChickens/comments/34r6vx

Thanks for catching my mistake!

Great thank you! I heard this said yesterday too for the first time and was a bit confused where it was coming from! There's all kinds of ways that people use to sex chickens that may or may not work and this is a new one!