17 week old rir- boys or girls?

[Kachick]

Hi everyone, I am very very new to keeping chickens. I have 6 Rhode island red chooks which to me look like they're all boys. Please tell me I'm wrong!

 

[sylviethecochin]

I'm sorry. The five that I can see clearly do look like boys, and the sixth in the background has a pretty dark tail and large wattles for a pullet.

 

[Kachick]

Ah bugger! Thank you for your reply. I have 2 light sussex I'm unsure about too..

 

[sylviethecochin]

Well, unsure is better than, "certain they're boys," right?

Want to post some pictures?

 

[Kachick]

You're right! How' this picture?

 

[Frazzemrat1]

here's what your looking for, at this age. I can't tell very well with the Sussex, white feathers are the hardest... But I agree with above.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Can you please post individual side pics of each bird?

 

[Jetblack2004]

All the RIR are cockerels, and I'm pretty sure the Light Sussex are, too.

 

[Chicken Girl1]

All the RIRs and light sussex look like cockerels

 

[lomine]

Maybe it's just me but I don't see any male feathering at all. The picture is small and I can't get it to enlarge but I would expect a lot more at 17 weeks. To me they look like pullets coming into lay. Close-up pictures would be helpful though.