Are both my Silver Laced Wyandottes Roos?

[amorrill]

I am on my first batch ever of chicks that I've raised. I have been really slow on the uptake of who's a boy and who's a girl, but I feel like I am getting the hang of it. The thing is, while I know one of my Wyandottes is a rooster, I would bet the other one is too, and they are the same age and look so different to me. I don't understand!

Here they are (taken today):
He's a rooster for sure!



I'm convinced he is too, but his comb is tiny, his tail and coloring are different, and he's not as "solid".

So a part of me is in denial. Can anyone confirm?

 

[JerseyGiantfolk]

Yep, they're both cockerels. See the shiny iridescent tail feathers? Those are sickle feathers, the are rounded, pullets and hens don't have them.

 

[speckledhen]

Yes, both males.

 

[amorrill]

Well, thanks. I have the larger one re-homed, he'll be picked up tomorrow. Now to start all over with the other. I can't have roosters in town, and they keep sneaking up on me.

 

[SweetSilver]

My 7yo correctly IDed both as cockerels. We have fun on this forum figuring out what's what. Thanks for posting! So sorry, but they are indeed handsome boys.....

 

[hdowden]

both are cockerels

 

[BorderBrigade]

Sorry but both are cockerals.

 

[amorrill]

Well, thanks to the confirmation from you all, I have already found him a home. On the plus side, now I can get another hen!