Chicken gender. Please help!

[swampfox440]

Welcome to BYC !

 

[chrissynemetz]

Welcome to BYC! I have to agree with the others, it appears that you have all lovely pullets.

 

[rjohns39]

Hi and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us

 

[cmom]

From the pictures you posted, all of your birds look like pullets to me too. If there are any males they should be crowing by now. Good luck and have fun...

 

[Brandy0280]

I'm not seeing male specific saddle feathers on any of your birds. How old are they? The ones you think are roosters may just be pullets that are approaching point of lay. Cockerels (young roosters) will get red, enlarged, combs and wattles early, usually by eight weeks, while pullets combs and wattles grow and turn red just before they start to lay eggs, about 20 weeks on average but can be earlier or later.

All ofvthem are between 16-20 weeks old now. Should tail and saddle feathers be prominent enough at this age to tell? I have quite a few that have big waddles and combs, so I assumed roosters. Thanks so much!

 

[Brandy0280]

All ofvthem are between 16-20 weeks old now. Should tail and saddle feathers be prominent enough at this age to tell? I have quite a few that have big waddles and combs, so I assumed roosters. Thanks so much!

All between 16-20 weeks old, no crowing at all.

 

[Brandy0280]

All between 16-20 weeks old, no crowing at all.

Wattles* autocorrect

 

[Little Baby Bean]

All ofvthem are between 16-20 weeks old now. Should tail and saddle feathers be prominent enough at this age to tell? I have quite a few that have big waddles and combs, so I assumed roosters. Thanks so much!

Yes they should have pointy sickle and saddle and hackle feathers but all of yours are pullets. They are just getting to Point of Lay and that's when their wattles and combs get to their full size.

 

[Brandy0280]

Yes they should have pointy sickle and saddle and hackle feathers but all of yours are pullets. They are just getting to Point of Lay and that's when their wattles and combs get to their full size.

Wow! I had almost accepted that I had at least 5 roos in a flock of 15! . Thank you so very much! And if I had a Rooster, it would've crowed at this point, correct? The youngest 5 are 16-17 weeks old. The older 10 are 20-21 weeks old.

 

[Brandy0280]

Wow! I had almost accepted that I had at least 5 roos in a flock of 15! . Thank you so very much! And if I had a Rooster, it would've crowed at this point, correct? The youngest 5 are 16-17 weeks old. The older 10 are 20-21 weeks old.

Also...will pullets flog or attack like a Rooster will? Or is it as likely? I've always heard of some roosters having attitude problems, but never about the pullets.