Ok break my heart - are these all roosters?!

[Ilovechickens2525]

I have four Swedish flower hen chicks, was so excited to get some of these eggs to hatch and hatched 4. They are 2.5 weeks old, are they all roosters?!

Might be hard to tell from the pics but they are all pretty big compared to the other breeds the same age, all have spur buds starting and 3/4 of them fly around at the others like crazy.

 

[The Moonshiner]

They're too young to tell and nothing you mentioned are good indicators of sex.

 

[Ilovechickens2525]

They're too young to tell and nothing you mentioned are good indicators of sex.

Ok, thanks! You’re right, they are still very young. I was just panicking that all four were going to have to get the boot.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Ok, thanks! You’re right, they are still very young. I was just panicking that all four were going to have to get the boot.

I mean you can keep panicking if you want to but I'd give him at least three more weeks before I'd start to panic.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Spur buds don't mean anything as far as I know, right, @The Moonshiner?

 

[redinator]

Ok, thanks! You’re right, they are still very young. I was just panicking that all four were going to have to get the boot.

I find it safer to assume the friendliest are males . . .that way it doesn't break my heart when they have to go, lol . . .the lil heartbreakers.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Spur buds don't mean anything as far as I know, right, @The Moonshiner?

No they dont.

 

[Ilovechickens2525]

No they dont.

Thank you! When I got my first chicks a year ago I didn’t know what spur buds were, then I kept seeing posts guessing gender mentioning them, so this year I’ve been keeping an eye on them. Good to know that this isn’t an indicator. I appreciate your reply!

 

[Ilovechickens2525]

I mean you can keep panicking if you want to but I'd give him at least three more weeks before I'd start to panic.

Haha sounds good!! I’ll wait a few weeks

 

[redinator]

Thank you! When I got my first chicks a year ago I didn’t know what spur buds were, then I kept seeing posts guessing gender mentioning them, so this year I’ve been keeping an eye on them. Good to know that this isn’t an indicator. I appreciate your reply!

You'll find a lot of "indicators" that don't mean squat, lol. The most accurate ones I've seen are dark combs/wattles before 8 weeks and pointy hackle and saddle feathers . . .there also some that take longer to tell such as male specific color patterns, but I'm still learning about those.