2 Week Old Hatch Sexing

[ChelsisChooks]

These chicks are 14 days (2 weeks) old today.

ICB#3
(Ice Cream Bar)

Barnevelder x (Brenda’s Chick)
(Stnd Barnevelder x Crossed Barred Rooster)

BCM#2
(Black Copper Marans)

GLWx
(Gold Laced Wyandotte crossed Barred Rock Rooster )

ICB #2
(Ice Cream Bar)

DSLB#2
(Double Silver Laced Barnevelder)

BCMx (DJ’s Chick)
(Black Copper Marans x Barred Rooster)

Black ICB
(Ice Cream Bar)

EE (Frenchie’s Chick)
(Easter Egger x Barred Rooster)

DSLB#1
(Double Silver Laced Barnevelder)

BCM#1
(Black Copper Marans)

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Its a bit early to judge gender, usually you should wait until 8 weeks unless you have an early cockerel.
That said... you have an early cockerel. LOL The only one I'm comfortable saying definitively is a boy or girl is your GLW X. That's a boy. The rest, could go either way.

 

[ChelsisChooks]

Its a bit early to judge gender, usually you should wait until 8 weeks unless you have an early cockerel.
That said... you have an early cockerel. LOL The only one I'm comfortable saying definitively is a boy or girl is your GLW X. That's a boy. The rest, could go either way.

Good call! I was already pretty sure about him not because of look but because of behaviour. He is a little bugger.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Good call! I was already pretty sure about him not because of look but because of behaviour. He is a little bugger.

And already has a wide comb that's turning reddish.

 

[cstephens1987]

Too young but you definitely have some potential cockerel here. Several combs are pretty prominent for 2 weeks. Post an update in 4-6 weeks if it's not already obvious. Also agree with @Frazzemrat1 on the glw

 

[ChelsisChooks]

I will update this thread in a few (assuming I get good news on Mareks test results which are pending ).

My guess right now is:

ICB3- Pullet
Barnevelder x- cockerel
BCM2- Pullet
GLWx- Cockerel
ICB2- cockerel
DSLB2- Pullet
BCMx- cockerel
Black ICB- Pullet
EE1- cockerel
DSLB- Pullet
BCM1- Pullet

 

[HuffleClaw]

So far these are looking like cockerels:

 

[Frazzemrat1]

I'm on the fence about most of those... Single combs can pop up kinda quick and then stop growing for weeks. Unless they start showing red, I'd still assume they were pullets.

 

[ChelsisChooks]

By behaviour, leg thickness, and Combs I am thinking that it is likely all the chicks hatched out of my own birds (vs purchased eggs) are cockerels which is weird. That would be the GLWx, BCMx, Barnevelder x and EE (Frenchies).

I had a young rooster in with my flock that had not started crowing and had just started to fill out when I put some shipped eggs in so I threw that days collection in as well to see if he was breeding the hens. I thought it was highly unlikely. Apparently he was (sneaky little devil!)

I am only posting as trying to learn to spot differences early on but understand it is still a total guessing game at this age.

 

[cstephens1987]

I'm on the fence about most of those... Single combs can pop up kinda quick and then stop growing for weeks. Unless they start showing red, I'd still assume they were pullets.

I agree. Half of my single comb pullets popped a comb really quick at a couple weeks old and it went nowhere after that