4-5mo old feather picked chickens :( Pullets?

[RainbowHen]

Though frazzled, the saddle feathers on the barred appear to be rounded. Hard to say.

 

[The Happster]

It's difficult to see them due to the state of the feathers, but he has male feathering.

 

[RainbowHen]

It's difficult to see them due to the state of the feathers, but he has male feathering.

It is difficult isn't it! I was hoping it wasn't just my terrible eye lol

 

[yakitori]

Do you for sure know how old they are?

They were hatched anywhere between late march to may...
Apparently the lady has close to 100 chickens

It's difficult to see them due to the state of the feathers, but he has male feathering.

Oh! What would be an indication of male feathering? he has pink legs with pin feathers too, I noticed it when I was bathing him... thought that was interesting.

 

[RainbowHen]

At 5 months old I'm going to stick with POL pullet. Hopefully it doesn't start crowing At this age I would expect to see a very obvious cockerel that is crowing and mating

 

[yakitori]

Hmm... looking very roo today, even for me. He looked darker yesterday. Wings have some green iridescence, he only has half his tail, if even that, so I’m not sure whether anything can be derived from the tail, lol.

hackle feathers are solid V with thin round feathering around it in a rounder configuration. I tried taking photos, but the cuckoo? barred? patterning is confusing



And here was the one I was sure was a pullet. just wanted to confirm

 

[The Happster]

Yep, she's female. Looks like a possible Austra White.
The barred is their only cockerel.

 

[yakitori]

Yep, she's female. Looks like a possible Austra White.
The barred is their only cockerel.

She’s probably a mix of ... something. Supposedly there was a white roo, a red hen and white hen Not much to go off, lol.

I’m going to try and persuade my neighbor friend to return the boy. Our craigslist is inundated with people trying to get rid of roos and I don’t really see a way to adopt this one out as a pet instead of soup.

 

[yakitori]

Woo! Success! She took it back this afternoon and swapped it for another white one.

We decided not to bathe this one, since she wasn’t wet.. but yes, they were all this dirty on top of being wet yesterday. I told her to get a small bird with a small not red comb. I think she did a good job.

So... pullet? pardon the bad photos...it was getting dark!

 

[The Happster]

Poor things!
She's female.
It's great they have a new home.