A Polish Chicken and a Turken walk into the Coop

[AmyAvenues]

I need help identifying these chickens! They were both hatched in Mid/Late May and at this point they are about two months old. I love these little weirdos but I'm not allowed to keep roosters in my area, only hens. So I'm really hoping that I managed to snag three hens (my other chicken - hatched at the same time - is very clearly a hen).

Here is Malfoy - the Silver/Blue Polish Chicken


Here is Donald - the Turken/Naked Neck

They both have male names because of what they looked like when they were day old chicks, but it just stuck when I brought them home and I hope they are girls that get to keep those names instead of them being gender accurate!

Here's a picture of my sweet girl Sunny (Sunshine) just because She's the only one that likes to be held!

 

[redranger209]

I think all cockerels... They’re all really red...

 

[AmyAvenues]

I think all cockerels... They’re all really red...

I'm afraid of that...But I did notice on some other threads, that Malfoy could fit under the hen category as well just because of the size of the waddles and that there isn't much of a crown right now...

 

[redranger209]

The front of the crest is what made me think cockerel. All over the place.

 

[AmyAvenues]

I forgot to mention! I've also heard Malfoy do a sort of crow twice now, but I've also been told that sometimes in a flock of all girls, it's not unheard of for one of them to do that...but I'm not sure, some people say it's too early for Malfoy to do that. I'm so lost on what it could possibly be at this point.

 

[Seaecho]

Malfoy is getting some serious wattles too, and is that the beginning of streamers just forming on the back of his head? And Donald is a very obvious cockerel.

 

[JedJackson]

Sadly, I think they are both cockerels. They both have a lot of comb and wattle development and color for 8 weeks old.

 

[drumstick diva]

cockerels

 

[Gray Farms]

I'm thinking both cockerels myself. That's a lot of really red comb for 8 weeks old.