Are they really hens?

[connor97]

Yeah the second one is looking like a rooster. But you never really know until they crow or lay an egg. I had a buff orpington hen I swore was a rooster since day 1 and turned out just to be a very masculine looking gal.

 

[OnceInALifeTime]

Id say three are roosters

 

[OnceInALifeTime]

My roo at the same age

 

[dretd]

It seems to be split on whether the white one is a she or he. Here's two more pics: And another picture of the mystery EE who is younger (like maybe 15 weeks) and sprouted his/her comb overnight: What do you think?

Hi kona and Welcome to BYC! Here is what I think: The white Delaware- like chicken looks girlish because the tail feathers seem very square at the tips. The hackles also seem seem more blunted than I would expect From a roo. In that photo I see several brown chickens and I see a roo-- he's in the background farthest from the camera, but you did not ask about him. See how his tail feathers are curved and pointy at the tip? That says boy. And the last brown chicken looks pretty girly. My 4 week old cockerel's comb is redder than hers. When the girls get close to laying, their combs get larger and turn red. No one is growing yet?

 

[kona]

Thanks dretd. If that's true about the tail feathers then 4 out of 6 of my chickens are roosters. Are you sure it's not the breed? They all seem to be mixed breeds (like the Delaware one - I'm sure she's not pure, same with my BO). Oh boy this whole chicken raising thing is really stressing me out. I don't know what to do with them if they are roosters.

 

[OnceInALifeTime]

Thanks dretd.  If that's true about the tail feathers then 4 out of 6 of my chickens are roosters.  Are you sure it's not the breed?  They all seem to be mixed breeds (like the Delaware one - I'm sure she's not pure, same with my BO).   Oh boy this whole chicken raising thing is really stressing me out.  I don't know what to do with them if they are roosters.
 

I think they are probably Egger's

 

[NosiphoChooks]

I think the first two are roos and the middle two ginger ones are hens

 

[JustAChickenLittle&More]

I think you have all young ladies.

 

[Bens-Hens]

I am going to go with the minority, all pullets.

I would think even though they have large combs, they are 20 weeks old, in the heat and getting ready to lay.

I would also think, if they were males they would have had big red combs for much longer than recently, and they would most likely have matching wattles.

Finally, All our roosters had made efforts to crow well before 20 weeks, the latest of ours was 16 weeks, the earliest was about 10-11 weeks old.

I won't put money on it, but that's the way I am leaning.

 

[jesirose]

I am going to go with the minority, all pullets.

I would think even though they have large combs, they are 20 weeks old, in the heat and getting ready to lay.

I would also think, if they were males they would have had big red combs for much longer than recently, and they would most likely have matching wattles.

Finally, All our roosters had made efforts to crow well before 20 weeks, the latest of ours was 16 weeks, the earliest was about 10-11 weeks old.

I won't put money on it, but that's the way I am leaning.

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