4.5 week old chicks - pullets or cockerel help

[Joyflower]

We live in town and can't keep roosters, have suspicions on 4 of the older chicks here 6 total. Thoughts? They hatched the first week of May.

 

[Joyflower]

 

[Joyflower]

 

[talkinboutchickens]

The black and white one looks like a cockerel, as do these 2 guys:

(On the fence about one on the left, but I lean more cockerel.)
The rest look like pullets to me. I would wait another 1-2 months until you know for sure and you have definite signs like crowing/mating/tidbitting/warning calls etc.

 

[talkinboutchickens]

The black and white one looks like a cockerel, as do these 2 guys:
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(On the fence about one on the left, but I lean more cockerel.)
The rest look like pullets to me. I would wait another 1-2 months until you know for sure and you have definite signs like crowing/mating/tidbitting/warning calls etc.

Black and white one though looks like a definite cockerel based on the "draping" feathers on his back area.

 

[Joyflower]

Black and white one though looks like a definite cockerel based on the "draping" feathers on his back area.

Thank you! Realized I forgot one. Thoughts on this one?

 

[talkinboutchickens]

Thank you! Realized I forgot one. Thoughts on this one?View attachment 4141721

Of course! And I vote cockerel!

 

[Joyflower]

Of course! And I vote cockerel!

Thanks!

 

[fluffycrow]

Thank you! Realized I forgot one. Thoughts on this one?View attachment 4141721

That one is a cockerel.

The others aren’t showing clear signs yet, though I do agree that some seem to be more on the cockerel side.

I would not take feather shape into account at this age, as gender-specific feathering doesn’t show until the 12 week mark. Comb growth and colour, as well as male-specific colour leakage is what I’m looking at. The boy in the last photo has both of those

 

[Joyflower]

That one is a cockerel.

The others aren’t showing clear signs yet, though I do agree that some seem to be more on the cockerel side.

I would not take feather shape into account at this age, as gender-specific feathering doesn’t show until the 12 week mark. Comb growth and colour, as well as male-specific colour leakage is what I’m looking at. The boy in the last photo has both of those

Thank you! Yes this last fella is one of the three that have reddening combs, the other two are the white and one of the browns. Two of the browns still have small yellow combs and the black it's obv very hard to tell. We will keep an eye on them the next few weeks, but for sure want to have a rehoming plan if we have a handful of males.