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I was ting a look at my mixed birds (polish, RIR) again and they all have long tails, I'm sure their hens. It's been almost ten weeks, they would be crowing if they were roosters right?

I can't say I'm shocked, looks like she's going to need a new name! Now that I think back "she" has always been the bravest of the seven, makes a little more sense now. Thanks for the help. Thanks for the link, I'll have to add that to my favorites. looks like she didn't have to much...

Here are two picture I just took think might be a little better. These are the two birds that I am most suspicious about. Here's a pic of most of them in general (ignore the two RIR's)

Yeah I'll post the pics later tonight! And I actually don't, but there are some pretty great forums on here where I'm sure someone could certainly help you out. Maybe try the forum "other backyard poultry," go to "ducks," start a new thread and see if anyone replies!

Okay! That sounds reliable. They are Rhode Island Red, Sliver Laced Polish mix. Maybe I can post pics of the rest of them later.

Oh gosh I don't know. I had the impression that the size of the feather crests and other plumage was taken into account. For example roosters would have more plumage and larger crests than pullets. These chickens are half polish that's why I'm mentioning crests to more extent. That being said...

The reason I ask is because I'm new to the chicken game and I recently bought 7 pullets from a women off of craigslist. She kept three roosters out of the flock that was then 10. She seamed fairly confident that what she was keeping was roosters, but I didn't bother to look at the time. So how...