Thank you
It looks a lot like yours. I'll have to get updated pictures tomorrow. These were from about 2 weeks ago. I can only tell them apart from their feet. Only one of them really has a "roo attitude" and it doesn't have tail feathers or fully feathered out yet.
You were right. We paid extra for pullets and ended up with 5 roosters and one pullet from Tractor Supply....can't trust Tractor Supply!
1. The gray laced looks like a pullet so far (small pale comb, no wattles). The brownish black has a larger comb that looks faintly pink in the pictures. Could go either way at this age. (but I lean toward pullet since no wattles and horizontal stance- a very unreliable predictor from photos!)
Pics in red light make it very difficult to judge comb color. Best I can do for you is to have you compare the 2 black chicks in your first picture. Chick on the left has a very low thin comb with no red coloring at all. At 8 weeks, I would expect that one to be a pullet. The other chick near the feeder has a prominent comb... and it looks red. I think that is a cockerel. In general, at 8 weeks, the red combs of most cockerels are visible across the coop... like little red flags. Once you look, it is easy to see. Wattles can be another sign, same thing... larger and red for cockerels, small and pale for pullets.
Feathered legged, single combed bantams are usually Cochins. I cannot see the combs on the gold laced birds... possible they are Sebrights. One looks like a cockerel, with a thicker pinker comb.
Can you take a picture of the tail?
Sorry about your loss... predator attacks are heartbreaking. Both birds you are questioning look like cockerels... bright red combs before 6 wks gives them away.
