Trying to work out if my new chickens are girls or actually boys.

[wheatmar]

Hi all, I’m trying to work out if my chickens are pullets or cockerels? I think the two white ones are pullets from researching and the golden lace Wyandotte is a cockerel.

 

[CoopBoots]

How old?? I'm not an expert but at the size they appear to be, they are quite pink... my non-expert guess is boys but wait for better replies.

 

[wheatmar]

How old?? I'm not an expert but at the size they appear to be, they are quite pink... my non-expert guess is boys but wait for better replies.

We’ve had them for over a month now and I would say the biggest must be 12weeks? The others maybe 9weeks? This is what they looked like when we got them.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but all look like cockerels to me

 

[wheatmar]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but all look like cockerels to me

Oh! Such a shame! I really thought the bigger of the two light Sussex was a pullet. Had my doubts on the other two

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Where did you get them? Always kind of a gamble picking them out of a bin, they're usually too young to sex unless you really know what you're doing . I've always had very good results ordering from a hatchery.

 

[wheatmar]

Where did you get them? Always kind of a gamble picking them out of a bin, they're usually too young to sex unless you really know what you're doing . I've always had very good results ordering from a hatchery.

We got them from a farm which sells purebreds… I would have thought they would know what’s a pullet or not as we were purchasing pullets. Bit annoying

 

[BigBlueHen53]

We got them from a farm which sells purebreds… I would have thought they would know what’s a pullet or not as we were purchasing pullets. Bit annoying

Were they day-olds? Even pros only claim an 80 to 90% accuracy vent-sexing day-old chicks ...

 

[wheatmar]

Were they day-olds? Even pros only claim an 80 to 90% accuracy vent-sexing day-old chicks ...

No sold as pullets which were around 4-5 weeks old. The individual pictures above are from the day we got them