buffs....boys or girl??...need your help please

[goldies99]

thanks....i just wish they WOULD start crowing...so i know who is who!...looks like alot of roos in the other bunch!

 

[goldies99]

here is an update pic of the 2 buffs....still now crowing....13 weeks old....are tail feathers on roosters pointy??...theses look round...but i am thinking they are roos.....can anyone help me please??.....thanks

 

[summerb123]

I'm stumped

 

[junebuggena]

here is an update pic of the 2 buffs....still now crowing....13 weeks old....are tail feathers on roosters pointy??...theses look round...but i am thinking they are roos.....can anyone help me please??.....thanks

Look at the feathers on the back. Now, do you see those very shiny feathers just starting to emerge near the shoulder blades? Those would be male saddle feathers, just starting to come in. The rooster tail feathers usually start to come in just a few weeks after the saddle feathers.

 

[goldies99]

so no question that they are both boys???...why arent they crowing at this age???...thank so much

 

[summerb123]

they might be late bloomers and only the domonate one will crow

 

[junebuggena]

They are only 13 weeks old. I've had cockerels that didn't crow until almost 6 months old. Not all boys start crowing at just a few weeks old. Most start between 10 to 16 weeks.

 

[goldies99]

i think it is safe to say the 2 are both boys.... i will post a pic of the white one that i still may have hope for being a girl!...the other 2 need a new home

 

[goldies99]

any ideas on this chicken??...boy or girl?...thanks

 

[junebuggena]

any ideas on this chicken??...boy or girl?...thanks

Cockerel. It's got male saddle feathering.