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Would you consider the red coming through on the chest feathers to be indicative of a cockerel?

I thought black sex link chickens were easy to sex at a few days old, so when we bought ours from the feed and seed store, they were almost guarunteed to be females. This one is feathering out just like an accidental cockerel we bought in a different batch a few months ago. It's redder in the...

I posted a bit ago, but the format was totally messed up. I'm new to the whole "backyard chicken" thing, and I need help identifying whether my 6 week old chicks are hens are roosters. (they're supposed to be all pullets) One Rhode Island Red, which i'm pretty sure is a hen. One Dominique...

here's a better picture our dominique.... and a picture of all 3 again.

I thought so....... I guess we'll be looking for a new home before he starts crowing. The other two look like hens though right?

We bought three "pullets" from a feed and seed store back in March -- a Rhode Island Red (center), a Dominique(up front), and a Silver Laced Wyandotte (in back). 6 weeks later, "Dot", the silver laced wyandotte, is 20% bigger than the other two. "She" is also starting to be very bossy -...