17 weeks old

[Nic]

We thought we had 3 RIR and a black star although the black one's black legs are now as yellow as the other three's and there's very little between them in feather colour either now. All four have looked pretty much identical all the way through leading us to assume we had four pullets or four roos and would know for certain at the first crow or the first egg - we're still waiting for either

Here they are this morning at 17 weeks old:

This is Wobble, the black one

This is Rhonda - s/he has a couple of very long tail feathers and a slightly bigger comb

This is Freddie, her comb is not as red or large as the others and she has a squarer shape.

Here is Punzel, again a slightly bigger comb and those two odd tail feathers

And for proper comparison here they all are together:

 

[Dustin Biery]

Sorry to burst your bubble, but I think they are all roosters.

 

[justusnak]

I would have to agree with Dustin.....they all look like cockerells to me!

 

[TransplantedTexan]

Those all look real nice, but I would agree that they are cockerells to me as well.

 

[nccountrygirl]

Yep you got 4 boys,

congrats!!

 

[Matt Berry]

With the upright posture, pointed saddle feathers, big red combs and wattles, they definitely look like a bunch of roos to me too.

The pointed saddle feathers are the biggest give away. My RIR are 15 weeks old now and they are just starting to develop their combs. Another trait the boys tend to show is they puff up their neck feathers when fighting for dominance where the pullets don't get as "showy".

 

[silkiechicken]

Yep, 4 roosters of the production red variety.

 

[chickenworld]

They're very handsome!

 

[rufus]

Four Sunday dinners.

Rufus