Don’t hate me! Are these boys?

[Rhodebar Lover]

Man this is tough because they're just too young to accurately sex. #2 in particular really might be a pullet. I think some of the others could be too. If I had to advocate for keeping one it would be #2. Is the comb "built up" at all? It just looks so flat to me

Also if you're clinging onto hope for for 5 and 6 too, I honestly don't feel comfortable calling them cockerels yet. They're pullets until they're not in my head and your bunch is pretty ambiguous.... I had four Buff Laced Brahmas once and I assumed that at least one was a male just due to odds. I kept scrutinizing them and trying to decide until I finally realized all were girls. I think it's easy to fall into the trap of trying to find the cockerels early but you might just have a skewed ratio in this batch.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Thanks @Rhodebar Lover! I agree, #2 is suspect to me as well! I don’t know what’s going on with all the bare skin behind the comb, but if that was filled in with feathering I would probably think it’s a girl. It is quite a bit smaller than most of the other boys. However, it does seem to be a little outgoing which makes me think possibly boy just based on that. Here are some more pics of that one.

Shoot in these I do suspect cockerel more than before... You're a couple weeks behind when this is really obvious. Any chance your buyer will wait until even a week? I think you will receive start to know quite soon.

 

[2ndTink]

Thanks @Rhodebar Lover! I agree, #2 is suspect to me as well! I don’t know what’s going on with all the bare skin behind the comb, but if that was filled in with feathering I would probably think it’s a girl. It is quite a bit smaller than most of the other boys. However, it does seem to be a little outgoing which makes me think possibly boy just based on that. Here are some more pics of that one.

Are those little pink spots on the little wattles?

 

[Slothinc]

Are those little pink spots on the little wattles?

By golly, you may be on to something there! When I go out to see them again I’ll look closely at his wattles!

 

[2ndTink]

By golly, you may be on to something there! When I go out to see them again I’ll look closely at his wattles!

They're small but I thought I saw a little pink spot on the second photo of the first set you posted. Cameras can also capture colors wrong too, but....

 

[Slothinc]

Also if you're clinging onto hope for for 5 and 6 too, I honestly don't feel comfortable calling them cockerels yet. They're pullets until they're not in my head and your bunch is pretty ambiguous.... I had four Buff Laced Brahmas once and I assumed that at least one was a male just due to odds. I kept scrutinizing them and trying to decide until I finally realized all were girls. I think it's easy to fall into the trap of trying to find the cockerels early but you might just have a skewed ratio in this batch.

I agree, it is easy to just assume that the ratios will be even!! Last year I had a batch of 9 chicks from shipped eggs and I suspected a lot of boys, but couldn’t believe it when 8 of the 9 ended up boys!!! And forever I was clinging on to hope that 2 were girls and then my second “girl” started crowing It was just so hard to believe that I had ended up with 8 boys.

The person coming to pick them up lives over an hour away so I said that they could come this weekend… It’s okay, I’ll probably just give all the paints up, if one of them is a girl it’s okay, I’d just hate to accidentally give away 3 girls

 

[2ndTink]

I agree, it is easy to just assume that the ratios will be even!! Last year I had a batch of 9 chicks from shipped eggs and I suspected a lot of boys, but couldn’t believe it when 8 of the 9 ended up boys!!! And forever I was clinging on to hope that 2 were girls and then my second “girl” started crowing It was just so hard to believe that I had ended up with 8 boys.

The person coming to pick them up lives over an hour away so I said that they could come this weekend… It’s okay, I’ll probably just give all the paints up, if one of them is a girl it’s okay, I’d just hate to accidentally give away 3 girls

8/9 boys!?!

 

[Slothinc]

8/9 boys!?!

Yes!! And it was my very first hatch in several years! I could not believe the horrible luck!

 

[2ndTink]

Yes!! And it was my very first hatch in several years! I could not believe the horrible luck!

What a welcome back to hatching

 

[Cheekychook12]

Short summary: please look at the pictures on this post and let me know if you see one that looks like a girl. They are going to be given away on Saturday. The next post down shows some supposed girls the same age, for comparison.


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Longer post that really doesn’t need to be read:

I am growing out too many chicks and don’t have enough room to continue growing them all out! They are about 7-9 weeks old right now. I found someone willing to take my extra boys on Saturday, which will be so helpful for me. Can you help me by sharing your opinion on some of these chicks??

I want to give away all the for-sure boys, but if any of them are likely girls I should hang on to them. However, if they are probably boys, I should give them up now because it is so difficult to find homes for boys here.

I am pretty positive on most of these being boys, but there are a couple that I can’t tell on because they have feathers kind of growing in, in the area that I thought was all comb. Any insight appreciated, and please don’t hate me for posting this with such young chicks that are difficult to sex breeds.

If I end up giving away a girl or two that’s okay, I just don’t want to give a bunch of them away.

The paint chicks are the ones I am most curious about!! The NNs and the blacks I am almost sure are boys. So if you really want to help, I could sure use opinions on #2, #5 and #6. Numbers 1, 3, 4, 7, and 8 I am sure are the boys. I have until Saturday to decide! Thanks everyone

Oh no, the photos posted all in random order!! Well if you just look at the paint chicks, I put a number on each picture so you can let me know what you think on those ones if possible! Thanks sooo much everyone!

@Debbie292d @2ndTink @Noraaaaa @OrpingtonManiac @tviss711 @GreenJay @TwoCrows @Ingrid_Grace @gimmie birdies @GodLovesU @tlcmurphy @Cheekychook12

Which one is Noggy? Do you still have him? I’m curious