Brown Leghorn Rooster???

[kingme]

I purchased eight brown leghorn chicks sexed at a local feed store. Three of them have much larger combs and seem a little more aggressive then the others. Below is a picture of one of the birds in question:

They are 6 1/2 weeks old. There is no sign of crowing yet, they are all very quiet. Any thoughts? Their coloring is a little different then the other five as well. In my area we are not allowed to have roosters, and I have no use for them as I only want eggs. Anything you can tell me to help figure this out is much appreciated as I am new to chickens. I am hoping they are just a slightly different breed.

Thanks in advance for the help.

 

[Bring]

can you take another picture of the whole body?
based on the one pic, and keep in mind i'm new to this, I would say roo.

 

[kingme]

Here is the only other picture I have. I can take more tomorrow. But this picture clearly shows the difference between them. What do you think?

 

[happytxchick]

Looks like I see three roos in the group picture...going off the comb in the close-up picture, I'm saying roo.

Probably won't be crowing just yet...begin-to-crow range is 6-8 weeks, but a real crow (they must perfect it) can take months.

 

[kingme]

If indeed these three are roosters is this fairly typical on what I can expect when buying "sexed" chicks? Three out of eight wrong? Seems high to me. Maybe I need to buy my next chicks from a different source, or buy them already at the laying stage...Any thoughts?

 

[PotterWatch]

At 6.5wks, those three are definitely roos.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Yes, there are three males in there. See how they are darker in color than the females? Only the males will get that coloration.

 

[kingme]

Thanks for the replies. Back to my second question. Is this typical when buying sexed chicks from a feed store? 3 out of 8 are roosters???

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

If the chicks were sexed by the feed store employees that have no idea how to sex, then yes. If the chicks were sexed at the hatchery and the employees at the feed store did not pay attention to the instructions on the side of the boxes, then yes.

The chicks should have been 100% female if they were sexed. There is always room for error, but three out of eight is a little ridiculous.

 

[Dustin Biery]

Usually the only sexed chicks, from my experience, have been banded with wing bands. Keep in mind that more often then not, there are other people (customers) handling the chicks in the bins, so they could easily get mixed up.