Hi. You are talking about determining the sex of the kittens, yes?
I don't have a lot of experience with this, but dealing with a neighbor who has fostered tons of mamas and their kittens, she has had some 'challenges' determining with certainly what the kittens' genders were at just 2 weeks old. By the time the kittens were 4 weeks old, it seemed to be much easier for her to tell.
Sure, it's fine to handle them now. If they squall too much the mama will get upset so be careful. At this age you should be handling them daily so they get used to humans.
If you can get pictures of them on their tummies, with their tail held up, straight from the back, we can all give our guesses about their sex. It is harder at this age but we can try .
here are my guesses from reading the article that says the girls pee hole is closer then the boys.
baby 1 boy?
baby 2 girl?
baby 3 girl?
baby 4 boy?
baby 5 girl?
baby 6 boy?
I could be completely wrong, I'm just trying to get the hang of being a baby kitty grandma, lol.
in fact, if my cat's gender was done correctly we would have known she was a girl and she wouldn't have gotten pregnant. I was told she was a boy and I don't know the difference so I assumed it was correct lol
I think MMeyers is correct. I got luck and was able to tell 2 of my cats 3 kittens the day they were born as one was a tortoise shell and one of the boys was clearly different from her. It took a few days for me to be sure about our 2nd little boy. They are only 4 days old now, and it is even more apparent in yours.
I agree. 1 and 6 are definitely boys. 2 and 3 are definitely girls. 4 and 5 are difficult so no guarantees. But probably 4 is a boy and 5 is a girl. That's a nice even mix!
I can tell that they want to explore, so should I allow them to wander outside of their box? maybe block off a small area outside the box? I don't want them going too far and having mommy panic