4-h chickens: how many roos do we have?

[Fantana]

All are 7-8 weeks old. All three brown ones are exhibiting pretty aggressive behavior (flaring feathers, jumping and kicking each other) when they get outside. Can't tell if it's aggression or play. Would love to know which are roos so we can try to find them a new home! First time chicken owner and I'm not 100% sure on the breeds.

 

[Poultrybonkers]

Red is a cockerel white is a pullet

 

[Fantana]

Red is a cockerel white is a pullet

Each pic is a different chicken, sorry for not clarifying! There are 5 total

 

[Poultrybonkers]

Each pic is a different chicken, sorry for not clarifying! There are 5 total

My answers the same all 3 reds are cockerels the leghorns are pullets

 

[Saveria]

Welcome to BYC. Glad you found it!

I would have to second, the brown ones look like cockerels. Those are some stocky legs! The last one pictured may be a surprise hen, but even they are leaning male. They look like Rhode Island Red to me.

No idea on the breed for the white ones, but they definitely look like pullets.

 

[Fantana]

My answers the same all 3 reds are cockerels the leghorns are pullets

Aw man, that was my fear! Makes sense why they all look alike. Can you confirm if they're Rhode island reds?

 

[Fantana]

Welcome to BYC. Glad you found it!

I would have to second, the brown ones look like cockerels. Those are some stocky legs! The last one pictured may be a surprise hen, but even they are leaning male. They look like Rhode Island Red to me.

No idea on the breed for the white ones, but they definitely look like pullets.

Thank you!

 

[Saveria]

Aw man, that was my fear! Makes sense why they all look alike. Can you confirm if they're Rhode island reds?

There are so many breeds that look like RIR, I can't say that I am sure. There are lots of people skilled enough on here to tell, though. If no one writes to this thread with breed, just start a new one with the breed question in the title. That should get them to pick it up.

Good luck with your sweet (and slightly rambunctious) birds!

 

[FunClucks]

Possibilities for your red birds - Rhode Island Red, Production Red, New Hampshire. I have a Production Red and they don't look like him, but the PRs tend to be very similar to the RIRs, but have more flaws (they accept more flaws because it's a production strain designed for egg laying more than looks, like off coloring in skin, feathers, beak, feet, etc.), so I can't totally rule PRs out. RIR seems most likely, I think NH are usually lighter, but the cockerels may be dark like that.

Could be something else, but those are most common, and there should be lots of pics on the internet to compare or on this site. Your challenge will be they don't have adult feathering yet, so you'll have to look at pics of cockerels about the same age. Someone on here might know for sure. They could change quite a bit once they get their adult feathers.

I'm gonna say the white ones are white leghorns. You should get an egg a day from them for 2-3 years. They lay ~320+ eggs a year, and should be a good size too if you feed them correctly. So even if you don't get more chickens, that's 12-14 eggs a week. How many eggs were you hoping for?

Possible that the last red bird could turn out to be a hen instead of a slow developing cockerel (odds are low, but it could possibly happen).

 

[Flockking]

Like stated before
The brown ones are Rhode island reds and they are all cockerels
The white one's looks like leghorns to me not sure of gender though