10 hens or 10 roosters? :-)

[Chicktalks]

Hi all - I have 10 dwarf Wyandotte chickens, almost 12 weeks old - problem is: I am little concerned if I have 10 roosters...

They are all alike - so it is 10 of a kind. Can you help me determine please! I have a attached different pictures and especially some of their tail feathers. I would think they are hens since the tails are rounded but I really would love some inputs. They are quite red around their heads and combs but looking at pictures of adult Wyandottes the hens have quite red combs too.

My concern is that, though they don't say anything yet, they are "fighting" a bit - starring at each other and puff up the feathers around their neck sometimes. Would that be roosters-fighting-style or just hens starting to determine pecking order?

Give me your thoughts...

 

[sourland]

Well, you do have a bunch of cockerels, but there is at least one pullet. In picture # 3, the bird in the background is a pullet. There is also a pullet in picture # 4...Individual pictures could help ID each bird.

 

[extrememainer]

I'm not really much of an expert on how to identify what gender chickens are but later don't they develop spurs?

 

[extrememainer]

I think they are ladies my girls looked exactly the same when they were that age!!

 

[chicks are life]

I see a lot if hackle and saddle feathers

Spurs don't indicate age hackle saddle feathers a and a large red climbs and waddles at a young age all indicate roos but not spurs

 

[chicks are life]

First post pics if each individually including hackle and saddle feathers and label pics like 1,2,3 etc.

 

[extrememainer]

Oh, thanks! I didn't know that!!!

 

[TattooedChicks]

I'd wager a guess at the ones developing the most solid black breast feathers are male and the russet breasts are female.

 

[pineapple416]

Please take individual pics if you want better guesses. I agree that you have at least one pullet in there but almost all cockerels.

 

[extrememainer]

I totally agree