Are they roosters??

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Please help me identify if these are chickens or roosters. The first one should be an olive egger. They are both supposed to be female chickens but with the red comb I'm thinking I got a roo with the olive egger. The second and third images are of a blue-laced gold Wyandotte I'm worried with the curly tail feathers that it might be a roo - that one also develop much slower than the rest when it comes to wing feathers and tail feathers.
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Olive egger is a cockerel. Rust coloring on the back/wings is male specific coloring in Eggers. The Wyandotte is a beautiful pullet!
And just so you know they are both chickens. Here's the correct terms for chicken genders at different ages!

Cockerel is a juvenile male.
Pullet is a juvenile female.
Rooster is a adult male.
Hen is a adult female.
 
Olive egger is a cockerel. Rust coloring on the back/wings is male specific coloring in Eggers. The Wyandotte is a beautiful pullet!
And just so you know they are both chickens. Here's the correct terms for chicken genders at different ages!

Cockerel is a juvenile male.
Pullet is a juvenile female.
Rooster is a adult male.
Hen is a adult female.
Thank you! I appreciate the explanation! This is my first flock and I'm still learning.

Can you explain what makes you think the Wyandotte is a pullet? I thought the curly tail feathers were a cockerel trait. This Wyandotte also doesn't look like my other Wyandotte of the same age (picture below).
 

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Thank you! I appreciate the explanation! This is my first flock and I'm still learning.

Can you explain what makes you think the Wyandotte is a pullet? I thought the curly tail feathers were a cockerel trait. This Wyandotte also doesn't look like my other Wyandotte of the same age (picture below).
Her comb and wattles are still small and pale and her lacing pattern is even. Tail feathers can look very wonky at this age.
 
Thank you! I appreciate the explanation! This is my first flock and I'm still learning.

Can you explain what makes you think the Wyandotte is a pullet? I thought the curly tail feathers were a cockerel trait. This Wyandotte also doesn't look like my other Wyandotte of the same age (picture below).
You're welcome! We are always learning something new.😊 That is what's so great about this amazing community!

I don't have a lot of experience with Wyandottes but her comb and wattles are still pale and small. Her lacing is even. And males would have pointed hackle and saddle feathers and long curved sickle tail feathers. Young cockerels will not get this feathering until they are 12+ weeks old.

If you look at the picture of your OE it looks like his saddle feathers are coming in!
 
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Your blue wyandotte (second one pictured) has a single comb instead of the correct rose comb. Single comb is recessive to rose comb and several of the breeds used to create wyandottes were single combed so it does pop up from time to time (especially in hatchery stock). Otherwise they look the same to me.
 

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