Are these 3 Roo or pullet?

mustangannie

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These 3 are around 12-15 weeks old.
1 is Easter egger
2 is cream leg bar
3 is gold lace barnveilder
Pic 4 is all of them

Are they roo or pullets ?
 

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#2 is a pullet. Cream Legbars are sexed at hatch by color. Cockerels have barring once they feather out, pullets look like your bird. I don’t have any pics handy, but if you do a quick search for Cream Legbar cockerels, you’ll see a noticeable difference.

Edit: Not 100% sure about the other 2, but leaning hard towards pullet for both.
 
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I agree they are all pullets.
The only one I would have any doubts about is #1, but if it was a cockerel it should have male feathers by now.
I also wondered about #1 but I would think that I’d see some kind of saddle feathers growing in by now. I haven’t had an Easter egger so wasn’t sure. Does it matter if my roo l( whose 2yrs old ) loves this one like the adult hens ? When I put them all together for a little bit he would show this one treats and not try to fight or run it off.
 
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All three are pullets. They cannot be roosters, as a rooster is a male chicken over a year of age; a cockerel is what you call a male chicken who has not reached that age yet.

#1 looks suspicious, but should have male feathering by now; #2 is definitely a pullet, as they are an autosexing breed; and #3 is definitely a Blue-Laced Barnevelder pullet.
 
All three are pullets. They cannot be roosters, as a rooster is a male chicken over a year of age; a cockerel is what you call a male chicken who has not reached that age yet.

#1 looks suspicious, but should have male feathering by now; #2 is definitely a pullet, as they are an autosexing breed; and #3 is definitely a Blue-Laced Barnevelder pullet.
I agree. They all are pullets.
 

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