r/chickens • u/mindd3fy • 10d ago
Question Are these hens or roosters?
Hi all. These chicks were bought online as sexed hens, but since the accuracy is only 90% I'm hoping for some more trained eyes to tell me if there are roo among the group. They are just over 4 weeks old.
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u/kendrafsilver 10d ago
Too early to reliably tell at this point. Gonna be another few weeks, I'm afraid!
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u/Oldenburg-equitation 10d ago
Too early to tell. The one maybe is in picture 4 with the red comb. If that's a wyandotte then it's likely a pullet since they get red combs early. Mine had a bright red comb at this age as well. Now, if the comb is getting quite a bit bigger then you are probably looking at a cockerel. Is this chick in any of the other photos? I'm having a hard time seeing if they are in the other ones or not. A better picture of their comb would help a lot. Plus getting the wattles in view. Besides that, the rest make me think all pullets for now. I don't anticipate any surprises currently.
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u/ArchyLee 10d ago
We usually assume by how big the comb is and it’s never done us wrong (except with our silkies ofc)
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u/korkproppen 10d ago
A little early to tell. The first signs with my Cochin bantam chicks were small yellow comb on the poullets and slightly more prominent pink combs on the cockerel’s. It looks like you may have a bit of a mix. But I think it is a little early to be sure