3 week old black copper marans and OE gender

[Tstraub]

I know 3 weeks is still really early to make an accurate guess on gender but a member offered to take his best guess over in the marans thread. I figured that since I already took the pictures I might as well share them here as well. They were hatched inside my modified toaster oven incubator from eggs I purchased locally.

There are 7 different BCM chicks. I added a different playing card each time i swapped out chicks that way could take as many pictures as needed to get one in focus I was afraid that adding numbers later with a photo editor left too much opportunity for human error labeling the chicks. I didn’t think to mark the actual chicks so any future updated pics probably won’t correspond to the same chick.

 

[Rose the Legbar]

Chick in the photos 1-3 seems to be a cockerel as it has larger comb growth and I think I am starting to see some pink there. But at 6 weeks old is usually when it is most easy to sex them, so make sure to repost then!

 

[Party_Chicken]

BCM is a cockerel. As for the OE it’s to early.

 

[Tstraub]

Chick in the photos 1-3 seems to be a cockerel as it has larger comb growth and I think I am starting to see some pink there. But at 6 weeks old is usually when it is most easy to sex them, so make sure to repost then!

Each picture is a different chick but that’s my guess at this point. 1,2,and 3 seem likely to be cockerels. The rest are still possible pullets but only time will tell I suppose.

 

[Tookie]

Firsts 3 pictures all look like cockerels, rest seems to be pullets as of now.

 

[Tookie]

How are they looking now?

 

[Tstraub]

How are they looking now?

They are now 8 1/2 weeks old. I re homed 4 of the marans and 2 light brahama at around 4 or 5 weeks old because they were getting overcrowded. Of the 4 I kept I believe I have 2 pullets and 2 cockerels. The olive egger looks like a pullet as well.

Attached pictures are from a few days ago but still fairly accurate as far as comb and wattles. The copper color coming in more and more everyday on the backs and shoulders of the cockerels.

 

[Tookie]

They are now 8 1/2 weeks old. I re homed 4 of the marans and 2 light brahama at around 4 or 5 weeks old because they were getting overcrowded. Of the 4 I kept I believe I have 2 pullets and 2 cockerels. The olive egger looks like a pullet as well.

Attached pictures are from a few days ago but still fairly accurate as far as comb and wattles. The copper color coming in more and more everyday on the backs and shoulders of the cockerels.

I agree, looks like you have 2 pullets and 2 cockerels.
The Olive Egger is a pullet too!