3 Pullets and 1 Roo turned into 3 Roos and 1 Pullet?

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We received 4 chicks at the age of 4 weeks from a Pre-K class that hatched them before Easter. They were the only survivors of the lot. The person who gave the eggs to the class said that they were Polish and Bantam eggs. I believe they are not sure either of these 2 breeds. They may have some Polish in them but I think they are mixed. I'm looking for possible confirmation on Sex and Breed on the 3 Polish mixes. I'm pretty positive the Bantam mix is a roo! If I do have 3 roos and 1 pullet will this be an issue? I really just wanted to have an egg laying operation but I have fallen in love with my glossy black roo named Batman!
Here are the pictures. Advice on any of the above topics would be greatly appreciate.
This is Delroy, my Bantam cross roo!

This is Clementine (grey), she is I believe a pullet and a Polish cross.

This is Batman (Polish Cross), my favorite. Very good disposition toward me and my husband. Starting to display ruffled neck feathers at other chickens in coop.

This is April, now Atom. I believe is a roo. (Polish cross)

Another picture of Clementine to show the tail feather being shorter and rounder than the rest.
 
Clementine looks like a roo too, sorry - while the tail is not as developed, there are some pretty good "sickle" feathers coming in back there, but it's the patchy color on the wings that's jumping out at me.
Handsome bunch of boys.
 
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All four look like males to me. The red smut on the wings is usually a roo indicator, and they all appear to have pointy hackles and saddle feathers coming in.

Aside from the red leakage, your polish crosses are blue, splash and black, which means they are probably from the same breeding stock.
 
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Will 4 boys be able to survive together? At night they all gather and sleep in the same corner. I know I may have to get rid of some of them eventually when I want to get hens for eggs. sad day in my coop. :(
 
All of them are roosters. If raised together, four roosters can usually get along together, especially if they don't have any hens to fight over. I currently have five young roosters living together in their own section of my coop. There is a little fighting every once in a while, but no one gets hurt or kept away from feed/water.
 
If I got females would I have to keep them apart perminently in order to prevent fertilized eggs or could they run together some of the time? Still new to this. I would hate to have get rid of them all in order to have a egg laying operation.
 
If I got females would I have to keep them apart perminently in order to prevent fertilized eggs or could they run together some of the time? Still new to this. I would hate to have get rid of them all in order to have a egg laying operation.

If you have a male housed with your females, you will always have the risk of fertilized eggs - but there is no reason that fertilized eggs cannot be collected and eaten/sold. The bigger concern would be over-attention to the hens/the number of hens you would need to give a good balance to a flock with four roosters. If you want to keep these boys and have females you either need to commit to a large flock or maintain a bachelor pad and a hen housing area - which would also eliminate your apparent concern about consumption of fertilized eggs.
 
I didn't know you could eat fertilized eggs. I suppose it makes sense because uou are collecting them daily and not giving them time to fully incubate. Still something about it seems weird. I guess I'm just attached to my boys. I wish I could let them run the yard freely but I have big dogs who love birds! I've lost 2 parakeets and many fledglings in the yard to them. Doesn't seem to be a winning situation for the roosters. Since they aren't full breeds it might be hardnto re-home them as well. What a pickle.
 

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