All turned out to be Roosters - Need Help

[flyingchicken]

I agree those are definitely not broilers which is good news as they are not recommended as being kept after butchering age, it can be done but it isn't easy. They are White Leghorns, I have 3 hens of this breed, they are very nice birds, curious and friendly. They lay large white eggs, up to 5 a week. At that age, I would expect to see sickle feathers starting on the tails of the males. The straight upright tail feathers are usually girls, the boys and girls both have large combs that sometimes will fall over because of their weight. Laying chickens can live to age 15, the lifespan of a broiler is much less because they are bred to be fast growing to produce the most meat in the shortest time.

Hi thanks for sharing lots of good information. I just uploaded lots of pictures. Please let me know if they are helpful to identify these chicks.

 

[flyingchicken]

They still look like pullets to me..... but I'm still only about 65% on that.

They will make their own nests if you don't make them for them. I would say 2 nest boxes would be good enough for them. If they are about 1ft square, that is a good size for a nest box. You can add anything round (golf balls, smooth rocks, etc) to entice them to lay in the boxes.

Hi Redhead Rae! I posted lots of pictures again. Please do let me know if some of them can be identified.

 

[Redhead Rae]

Hi Redhead Rae! I posted lots of pictures again. Please do let me know if some of them can be identified.

I’ll need to open the pics on my computer screen, to get a closer look, but I’m not seeing anything that says rooster from what I can see on my phone. I’ll have to look at some photos of my leghorns at different ages and see what they look like.

 

[Morrigan]

Full disclosure -- I've not had leghorns before, but I'm still thinking pullets.

 

[Redhead Rae]

Ok, here is a picture I have of my leghorn crosses from around 15 weeks (some are pure leghorn, others aren't). You can easily see the different between the cockerels and pullets. Our cockerels were more developed with more obvious sickle feathers than the birds you pictured, while none of the pullets have as much comb or wattles as the birds in your pictures. I'm stumped.

However in your images, I can't see any obvious male hackle or saddle feathering and their tails look like pullet tails to me.

 

[Molpet]

Ok, here is a picture I have of my leghorn crosses from around 15 weeks (some are pure leghorn, others aren't). You can easily see the different between the cockerels and pullets. Our cockerels were more developed with more obvious sickle feathers than the birds you pictured, while none of the pullets have as much comb or wattles as the birds in your pictures. I'm stumped.

However in your images, I can't see any obvious male hackle or saddle feathering and their tails look like pullet tails to me.

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Well they may not be leghorns but a breed from India in the previous posted Link

http://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/poultry/backyard-poultry/breeds-availability

 

[Redhead Rae]

Well they may not be leghorns but a breed from India in the previous posted Link

http://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/poultry/backyard-poultry/breeds-availability

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I was thinking that as well.

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

This is the only one I see slightly showing possible rooster signs. The feathers look a little longer and like they are bending downward. The face is a little redder in the area where I put the arrow.
Very slight suggestions of roo. So not definitely, still. LOL

 

[HeidiZ]

I hope someone can help me here. My GF got 6 broiler baby chicks 4 months ago, just as pets. She also thought about potential benefit of getting eggs from them at that time. She never had chickens as pets before in her life. Now, the funny part is that all 6 chickens turned out to be males lol. She doesn't want to give them away as she raised them and is emotionally attached to them. She says that if she gives them away, then her dear chickens will be eaten eventually by whoever takes them.

The issue is that now, I feel that they need hens as well to live a happy social life. I was reading somewhere that there should be one rooster for 8-10 hens. That will be too much for my GF to take care of. Any suggestion on what should she do? She thinks she can accommodate maybe 2 more chickens (hens). But I think these 6 crazy guys will be too much if she brings just 2 hens. What happens if she doesn't bring any hen? Will these 6 males spend a depressed life? or what happens if she brings only 2 hens? I am attaching a pic as well. Thank you for help in advance.

Edit: Correction, they are 3 months old.

I have 3 Roosters in my chicken pen and 30 hens. Roosters will get very aggressive with the hens if there are not enough hens to go around. I also ended up with 5 silkie roosters that don't live in my chicken pen from a straight run a few years ago and they get along fine. The worst part of having several roosters is the crowing that starts at 3:00 in the morning and goes on for most of the day.

 

[StarChicken]

Judging by their tail feathers, those look suspiciously like hens to me. I don't see anything that would make me think they're roosters.

Just my opinion; there are far more knowledgeable folks here than I am.

Edit: And, I kind of agree with Flying Nun Farm that the one pointed out does look like it's forming a rooster tail.