2 cockerels?

[EvansMeXo]

The RIR/Easter egger in the last photo looks like a pullet to me. They were born in May? Are any of them crowing?

I picked the EE mix up may 15 and it was a week or two old.. no one crows yet

 

[Kristen D]

I picked the EE mix up may 15 and it was a week or two old.. no one crows yet

I believe that one is a pullet.

 

[JedJackson]

I believe that one is a pullet.

I think so, too. The Chantecler is probably a male if it's the same age as the rest but if it is older it could be a pullet.

 

[Isaac 0]

Can you get a closer pic of the easter eggers neck.I pretty sure i see hackle feathers.

 

[debid]

Why re-home when you aren't sure? Unless you just have too many chickens and don't mind if you let pullets go by mistake?

Unless there are rooster feathers, I wouldn't re-home a bird with gender neutral coloration. Your red has no wing patches and no comb development so you're banking entirely on juvenile tail feathers. That's a mistake.

 

[junebuggena]

I've always thought the EE mix was a pullet until her tail grew like that. Hawk will be 18 weeks July 15, Cadbury will be 18 weeks October 1. So I think it's safe to say Cadbury (the white one) is a male?? His comb has been like that for a few weeks

Cadbury is a pullet. Over 4 months old and no trace of male specific feathering. The comb development means that eggs are on the way. The Easter Egger is also female. The tail looks odd due to a juvenile molt.

 

[JedJackson]

Cadbury is a pullet. Over 4 months old and no trace of male specific feathering. The comb development means that eggs are on the way. The Easter Egger is also female. The tail looks odd due to a juvenile molt.

good job!

 

[apryl29]

Why re-home when you aren't sure? Unless you just have too many chickens and don't mind if you let pullets go by mistake?

Unless there are rooster feathers, I wouldn't re-home a bird with gender neutral coloration. Your red has no wing patches and no comb development so you're banking entirely on juvenile tail feathers. That's a mistake.

I agree... I'd wait until you're sure they're boys to rehome. You've put so much time and $$ in to them so far, until they crow or start chasing/ mounting other birds or doing the wing dance I'd hold off. I had a buff orp who was a surprise cockerel. It wasn't until he started to chase the girls did I realize that he was a boy. My other 2 cockerels had been crowing for months and my little bantam cockerel had been flirting w/ him for months. He was 17 weeks before he crowed for the first time. They can be sneaky, but unless you're pressed for space right now, I'd wait another week or 2 to be sure.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

I agree with @junebuggena.

 

[EvansMeXo]

I'm not pressed for space yet, there's just 3 pullets for sale in my area and locals who have been stopping by are telling me these two are cockerels so if they were I wanted to rehome so I could get these pullets. But if there's a chance their not I'll hold off longer, their really nice. My younger cockerels are constantly fighting these two never join in though, I just assumed it's bc their the two biggest (oldest) birds in the flock

Someone asked for a close up of hawk, that's as close as I could get their out free ranging right now and are paranoid I'll put them back in their coop lol
The black copper maran and cream leg bar mix are 8&10 weeks old and constantly fighting so their on the list to rehome

But if you guys really think there's a chance Cadbury and hawk might actually be pullets I'll keep them