Break my heart thread - Cockerels or Pullets?

[Tookie]

I keep thinking this “cockerel” is fooling me. The tail is what’s getting me.
What do you guys think?
The white one on the right is def a cockerel… it’s the white one on the left that I’m talking about.
“He” looks so much like my gals, with the tail feathers.

They will be 15 weeks old on Monday.

Cockerel for sure!

 

[Galaxy_rules]

I wanted to wait for as long as I could before posting this.
I think I’m now emotionally ready to hear the thoughts & observations with sexing… cockerels or pullets?
I have 5 straight run chicks. They turned 6 weeks old on Monday.
Manqué & Rapha…
Both French Black Copper Marans

Pulllets!

 

[Galaxy_rules]

And… These are Moss Eggers from Alchemist Farms…
Polka Dot, Quiche & Soufflé
Would be ironic & hilarious if the two egg recipe names I doled out to my chicks, ended up being cockerels.
Thank you for your input!!
I recognize I’m too biased to tell the difference! I even looked at the feather sexing videos. I tried… just can’t tell.
This is my first time, so go easy on me!

One on the top is a cockerel

 

[CrystalAnon]

I have birds from them too, and my Moss Eggers were super tricky to sex.

All three look like cockerels.

My two girls from them at two months-View attachment 3457864View attachment 3457865

My two boys at two months-View attachment 3457866View attachment 3457867

Oh boys… they’re all boys!
Two giant boys who are now trying to mount my gals, who are much smaller than them. (Not going to work for us.)
And one very small cockerel. Polko… we’re going to keep him. His crow is less annoying than the other two, and he’s much more gentle with the gals. We’ll either keep him, or find him a home with a breeder that’s interested in a Moss Egger Hybrid rooster.

 

[CrystalAnon]

Oh boys… they’re all boys!
Two giant boys who are now trying to mount my gals, who are much smaller than them. (Not going to work for us.)
And one very small cockerel. Polko… we’re going to keep him. His crow is less annoying than the other two, and he’s much more gentle with the gals. We’ll either keep him, or find him a home with a breeder that’s interested in a Moss Egger Hybrid rooster.

Oh boys… they’re all boys!
Two giant boys who are now trying to mount my gals, who are much smaller than them. (Not going to work for us.)
And one very small cockerel. Polko… we’re going to keep him. His crow is less annoying than the other two, and he’s much more gentle with the gals. We’ll either keep him, or find him a home with a breeder that’s interested in a Moss Egger Hybrid rooster.

Oh boys… they’re all boys!
Two giant boys who are now trying to mount my gals, who are much smaller than them. (Not going to work for us.)
And one very small cockerel. Polko… we’re going to keep him. His crow is less annoying than the other two, and he’s much more gentle with the gals. We’ll either keep him, or find him a home with a breeder that’s interested in a Moss Egger Hybrid rooster.

We’ll be culling the two large cockerels soon.
We were going to sell them on Craigslist, but if you sell them for less than $25 here, that’s about the price for an organic chicken.
We’d rather pray over these boys & get the meat from them for ourselves.
We know their life has been awesome, their coop has been clean & their food has been quality.
Not looking forward to killing these boys, but looking forward to the gals having more space on the roost at night & not being assaulted/mounted everyday, before they’re even laying eggs.

 

[Chipmunk Chicks]

We’ll be culling the two large cockerels soon.
We were going to sell them on Craigslist, but if you sell them for less than $25 here, that’s about the price for an organic chicken.
We’d rather pray over these boys & get the meat from them for ourselves.
We know their life has been awesome, their coop has been clean & their food has been quality.
Not looking forward to killing these boys, but looking forward to the gals having more space on the roost at night & not being assaulted/mounted everyday, before they’re even laying eggs.

I'm sorry, that sounds like it turned out like kind of a bust.

 

[CrystalAnon]

We’ll be culling the two large cockerels soon.
We were going to sell them on Craigslist, but if you sell them for less than $25 here, that’s about the price for an organic chicken.
We’d rather pray over these boys & get the meat from them for ourselves.
We know their life has been awesome, their coop has been clean & their food has been quality.
Not looking forward to killing these boys, but looking forward to the gals having more space on the roost at night & not being assaulted/mounted everyday, before they’re even laying yet!

Don’t know why the quote showed up 3 times!

 

[Chipmunk Chicks]

Don’t know why the quote showed up 3 times!

I don't know why I didn't even notice??? Lol I think it's past my bedtime, and it's not even 730 yet.

 

[CrystalAnon]

I'm sorry, that sounds like it turned out like kind of a bust.

It was, kind of. It was 3 out of 5 straight run chicks that turned out to be cockerels. About right.
Our two French Black Copper Marans turned out to be pullets. All 3 Moss Eggers turned out to be cockerels.
I purchased two Moss egger chicks & two French Black Copper Marans. They threw in an extra Moss Egger chick. So we really received exactly 50/50 female & male, regarding what we actually purchased.

 

[Chipmunk Chicks]

Hopefully, your two girls give you some gorgeous pintrest-worthy chocolate eggs, and it'll all be worth it!