All pullets, right? **UPDATE** Wrong - all boys!!!

[hdowden]

can you post a pick of the white ones neck please...they all look pullets to me

 

[chickenbuttsowhat]

ya deff pullets

 

[Gypsy07]

If I manage to catch them standing still I shall get a pic of Mr/s White's neck today. Another thing that made me panic was seeing the two brownish ones sparring with each other. I know females do that sometimes, but usually just in passing. These two were heads down necks fluffed up like cobras going at each other for ages. But hopefully they're just bad tempered bints . Not boys. LOL!

 

[aoxa]

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My girls spar all the time. They get their feathers all ruffled and run at each other XD It's really funny, but they never hurt one another.. They do the same thing to my cats. I finally understand why that daring game is called 'chicken' now

ETA: All females IMO.. Though the white one would be the most concerning for a roo, but I would be surprised if it was a he. They all look pretty girly to me!

 

[Gypsy07]

It's funny that everyone's more interested in the white one when that's the only one I'm totally confident about.

And yes, I've seen my girls sparring with each other as well as my two boys having a go at each other. They just don't seem to do it as often, or with the same kind of intensity. With the girls it's usually over a scrap of food, or something else obvious, and when one yields (usually within a few seconds) it's over as soonas it started. But the boys seem to like scuffling just for the sake of it...

 

[Gypsy07]

Okay, the update on this one is that they all turned out to be boys!

I was so convinced (and so were most of you!) that they were pullets, that I was actually thinking to myself "Hmmm, they'll be about ready to lay soon..." Then a few days ago I did a crazy cartoon style double take when I noticed Mrs White had apparently magically sprouted pointy saddle and hackle feathers over night. Then I checked out the other two and, well, I don't think I'll be getting any eggs from them anytime soon!

I was genuinely sure they were pullets. I'm not usually this wrong!
Usually I can sex chicks at about 5 weeks old, but these ones took me SIX MONTHS to figure out.

I shall post photos of my 'new' roos for everyone to have a chuckle at...

 

[aoxa]

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Would love to see it! Tricky boys!

 

[Gypsy07]

Okay, here they are. Mrs White in particular has turned into a fine figure of a man...

 

[debid]

What a tricky bunch of late bloomers! They've turned into handsome roosters, though.

 

[Lindz]

Wow, looking at the first pictures I would have said pullets as well. They are handsome lil guys though