Bought chickens at auction 2 months ago - what breed/gender are they??

[rduchix]

I bought 7 chickens at local feed store auction 2 months ago. They were all supposed to be pullets and were 6 - 8 weeks old at the time. Can y'all help me figure out what breed/gender they are? None are laying yet. Two just started make cat like noises a week ago and have been crowing the last couple of mornings, so we're now wondering if we got a rooster or two instead of pullets. I have friends though that have all laying hens and some of their chickens crow too. So I don't really know what to think.

Thank you!

Elisabeth

chicken one

chicken two

chicken two again

I have 3 chickens that look exactly like this one in the middle. Brown with a comb and wattle. 2 have yellow legs and one has white legs

Chicken four. This is our other white chicken. Her colors are more muted.

Chicken five. This is our one black one. The wattle is kind of blurred here because she was moving.

Thank you again!

 

[VelvettFog]

#2 is a Roo -- for shur

 

[Happy Chooks]

Here's my guesses. It's harder without knowing the ages.

pullet, possibly a New Hampshire red.
Delaware cross cockerel.
Look like young cockerels.
cockerel. Red sex link.
Hard one, suspect cockerel.

 

[teeville5]

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Agree.

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

The first bird pictured is your only pullet.

 

[ChickenRonin]

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X 3

 

[akcountrygrrl]

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Yep, have to agree with Happy Chooks. Boy, oh, boy, that's lots of boys.

 

[hudsonnascarfan]

id say the only pullet you got in that bunch is the first one rest look like roosters to me also but on the brighter side they are almost up to cooking size

 

[rduchix]

Wow! I think all the chickens are 16 weeks old at this point. I'm really sad to hear they are all boys except the first one. This local auction is supposed to be legitimate and all these were supposed to be pullets. So here we were raising them for 2 months thinking we're going to get our organic eggs in the next few weeks. We can't have roosters, so we'll have to kill all but the pullet if that's really true. Anybody else want to weigh in? Does the fact that they are 16 weeks old make any difference?

Thanks again!

 

[Happy Chooks]

Just confirms my thoughts of all males except the first girl. Sorry, you got swindled.