Update: 10 days made a big difference! The Dark Cornish is absolutely a rooster. He began crowing yesterday and his saddle feathers are coming in beautifully. The two barred chickens, are what I believe are California Gray hens. Their pointy tails are a dead giveaway.
Sorry. My yard has a lot of treecover and these guys don't venture out from under the trees very often. I have tried getting them out but they are a tad stubborn.
The bird in the top photo, I am just really thinking is a hen. The one in the bottom photo is the pointy tailed bird that I showed last week. Here is last week's photo again for comparison
Can you help me identify the sex and gender of these guys/gals? I have posted earlier in another thread that I believe these birds to be around 8 weeks old and was told were black sex link. The pointy tail made me think that one was a cockerel, but both their combs are pinkish compared to...
Sorry - more questions! I don't really know why, but these barred birds just don't seem like roosters to me. Their combs are more pink than the bright red of the Cornish. I tried to get a good shot of their feathers but they are trying to keep cool in the south Texas heat so getting a good...