Are my Blues really Roos?

[MariposaMama]

Dagnabit, I thought I had nailed down my 8 packing peanuts to 5 Buff Cochin, 1 Blue Cochin, 1 BA and 1 NHR. Now, my other two Blue Cochins are making me nervous. They are 10 weeks old now, and all that I thought were Roos looked like this Buff guy by about 6 weeks old. I think I can even see what everyone calls saddle feathers on him (which I don't think I see on the Blues).

Up until 2 weeks ago, these two looked like all the other pullets. Now I'm starting to wonder. I did notice this morning that the Buff roo didn't act the same with them as he did the NHR roo, so hopefully you'll tell me I'm being silly and they are beautiful pullets.

Cloud

Thunder

 

[The Chicken Lady]

Thunder definitely has a roo-ish look about him. Is it just me, or do Cochin roos have somewhat longer necks than Cochin hens?

 

[RooptyDoo]

I agree Thunder does look a little roo-ish

 

[gumpsgirl]

I agree that Thunder looks like a roo. Cloud looks like a pullet though.

 

[jossanne]

I'd be surprised if you saw saddle feathers as early as 10 weeks...