Are these pullets or cockerels?

[GroovyFarmer]

Most of my chickens are pretty obvious, but there's five chickens that have got us arguing over whether they're a boy or a girl. They're about three or four months old. I hope someone can help identify them from these pictures, which are unfortunately a bit low in quality. If you need better ones, please let me know.


Chicken #1 is probably a cockerel, but I'd just like to make sure. It has some lovely metallic green tail feathers and bumps of what I assume to be spurs coming in.


Is Chicken #2 Bonnie or Clyde? Its comb and wattle are smaller than the ones belonging to the cockerels I know I have, but are bigger than the ones belonging to the pullets. This one is very small and cute, so I'm hoping it's a pullet.


I could only get a picture of Chicken #3's head because it stuck with the other chickens. I'm not sure about this one because its comb and wattle are just as confusing as Chicken #2's.


Here's Chicken #4!



Sorry about the quality of this one, but it's the best I could get. This one really confuses me because its comb is small, like a pullet's, but its wattle is larger. If this helps, it's black with some lovely deep reddish-brown feathers all over its body and metallic green tail feathers.

Thank you for taking the time to look at this pictures! Again, just ask if you need better ones.

 

[SueT]

It would help to know what age....

 

[GroovyFarmer]

It would help to know what age....

Oh no! I completely forgot to add that. I went back and edited it in. Sorry about that!

 

[donrae]

I'm thinking all but the last bird are cockerels.

But, honestly, the pictures are lacking. And pinning down age would help a lot. If those first birds are 3 months, they're cockerels. If they're 4+ months, they could possibly be pullets (some of them).

Profile shots, in good light, of the birds standing naturally are best.

 

[GroovyFarmer]

Hm... I'd say three months and a half for the age. It's a shame - I really like some of those chickens.
I will see what I can do about better pictures! I'll have to borrow a camera, but I could get it done soon-ish.

 

[Triplecross]

#1 chicken looks like it has pointed saddle /tail feathers which tells of a cockerel. The others I can't tell. If you get a pic of their saddle area I might be able to tell.

 

[GroovyFarmer]

I have better pictures of all the chickens except the second, who is so slippery that we couldn't manage to catch it.



Chicken Number One, the handsome fella.



Chicken Number Three.




Number Four.


Number Five.

Special thanks to my assistant who held the chickens for me!
If you need better pictures, please let me know!

 

[junebuggena]

Pictures that show the birds standing, without hands in the way, with natural lighting are best. Hands are obscuring what needs to be seen. From what I can see, they all look male.

 

[GroovyFarmer]

Unfortunately, I'm not able to get decent pictures of the birds standing. Their run is currently being worked on and they'll have to stay in the coop for a bit, where the lighting isn't so great. Thank you for taking the time to look at them!

 

[donrae]

They all look male, sorry.