Can someone can confirm these are Leghorns?

Yeah I was afraid they might be. But my understanding is leghorns have larger combs (if they start turning red soon then I’ll be more concerned)

Their tail feathers point differently (1 more up like a hen’s would and the other more straight out like a cockerel would). Time will tell on the sex.

They’re sweet chicks though 😊

Yes Leghorns have larger combs. And if these were 5 or 6 week olds I'd say they are pullets.
 
Yes Leghorns have larger combs. And if these were 5 or 6 week olds I'd say they are pullets.

They’re about 4 weeks now? (Sat will mark 4 weeks since we brought them home-not sure how old they actually were when we got them as they were the last ones left of their kind)

Our barred rock that I’m 98% sure is a cockerel has a comb that is much bigger and turning red already.

I would think if the leghorns were cockerels I’d be seeing red already?
 

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But my understanding is leghorns have larger combs (if they start turning red soon then I’ll be more concerned)
I would think if the leghorns were cockerels I’d be seeing red already?

I have a California White (Leghorn-derived hybrid), who has both the largest comb in the little flock and the palest comb.

Since Leghorn hens are known to have huge combs, bigger than the combs of some breeds' roosters, I figure there is no point to borrowing trouble. I already have to suspicious birds with fast-reddening combs to watch out for.

Eventually each of them will either crow or lay and then I'll be sure. :lol:
 

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