2 Roos and 3 pullets?

Jpajinag

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We have 5 chicks about 7-8 weeks old. They are mixed breed from a friends free- range chickens. I think we have 2 Roos and 3 hens but could be wrong. The 3 we believe are pullets are almost entirely black and do not have noticeable combs growing. The 2 we believe are Roos are easy to tell apart. One is speckled and has a large single comb forming and the other is black with shiney green reflecting feathers and a bumpy comb forming. I will try to attach photos of presumed Roos and a presumed pullet (all three are hard to tell from each other). Thanks.

Looks like I can’t post all at once and they are posting in an odd order.

1&2 is suspected roo?
3 one of 3 pullets?
4&5 black too?

I’ll post more underneath. Thanks again
 
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So today they started fighting. I came home from work, collected eggs and the two baby cockerels decided to start challenging each other. The speckled roo is chasing and jumping on the black one. So far he seems to be okay, hopefully it won’t become violent any time soon.
 
I agree, 2 cockerels. Also looks like you have a guinea keet in there? Just be aware that guinea fowls and chickens can breed and create hybrids, which some feel are unethical to bred because they generally have a lot of issues and don't live long. Just something to keep in mind anyway :)
 
We have 6 keets that we got from a friend that are the same age as the chicks. Our friends have never had them cross breed, maybe because they have multiple of each and they free range? We are free ranging ours during the day, locking up at nights. Hopefully ours will not cross breed either. It honestly didn’t even realize it was a possibility. We know other people that also have both chickens and guinea fowl and never had theirs cross breed. I googled it after your comment and it was quite interesting.
 

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