adopted chicks - 8 weeks help with breed and gender

[teamalao]

We adopted these four chicks from my daughter's classroom. They came to us at just younger than 2 weeks. We are loving them but from their growth (now about 8 weeks) I think 3 of the 4 are roosters. Can you give me your opinion from the pictures? I am basing it on their tail feathers. 3 of them are long and pointy and 1 is more rounded. i don't know their breeds as the eggs came from a mixed breed farm.

 

[Little Baby Bean]

Your guess is correct. There is only one pullet.

 

[teamalao]

Your guess is correct. There is only one pullet.

Thank you. Learning everyday. We can't keep the roosters so will have to rehome them. Poor pullet will have to go with as she won't have a companion. We will have to start again.

 

[amjohnson]

We adopted these four chicks from my daughter's classroom. They came to us at just younger than 2 weeks. We are loving them but from their growth (now about 8 weeks) I think 3 of the 4 are roosters. Can you give me your opinion from the pictures? I am basing it on their tail feathers. 3 of them are long and pointy and 1 is more rounded. i don't know their breeds as the eggs came from a mixed breed farm. View attachment 3538051View attachment 3538052View attachment 3538053View attachment 3538054

3rd one looks pullet to me. Rest look like cockerels

 

[fluffycrow]

Not necessarily. Start searching now, the cockerels are months away from crowing and thus can keep company to your pullet. You could sometimes find started pullets, which are birds close to laying. Additionally, you could buy some sexed chicks from a hatchery and grow them up