Cockerel. Pointed hackles and thick legs, the comb is fairly small and not red but those hackles and legs definitely point to cockerel.
Pullet. I see those female-specific feathers there. I hope Nugget gets better!
Pullet, as far as I can tell. Maverick is a bit wet so it makes some of their feathers look pointy.
I have accurately sexed my chicks at four weeks old based on feather shape. Each chicken just grows at a different rate than others and may show feather shape earlier or later.
Then you and I must be talking about different feathers. I meant the male-specific saddle feathers that tend to come in around 12 weeks, that will then be the same shape for the rest of the bird's life (all later molts will grow that shape of feathers too). They are absolutely NOT there on any 4-week old chick.
I think all three of yours are boys. The third one is a little bit harder to tell so maybe not.
Yes your second one is definitely a cockerel.View attachment 3924199
This is George, our 9 week old EE Cockerel - who is so much a boy he has already tried crowing and mounting
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The little 9 week old pullet he mounted.. the rascal. She hated it but she's still friends with him.
This is the one I'm curious about; I am fairly certain this is a Cockerel as well; they are the exact same age, from the same batch;
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Does NOT act like a Cockerel over the pullets, but has little dominance feather-flares with George ALL the time.
Is this also a Cockerel? I'm seeing that tail curl but the saddle feathers are floofy like a pullet, but the legs are chonkers, and the comb is pink not RED like George's.
Chicken genetics
