Chicken, rooster or crowing hen?!

[junebuggena]

View attachment 1238209 Here they all are just for size reference to the big black one. This was Dec 28. What age do cape feathers start to come in?

Judging by the size difference, I'm guessing they are closer to 10 to 12 weeks old when you got them. And you have at least two cockerels, possibly more.

 

[drumstick diva]

x2

 

[TreeTree411]

The light Beige one, looks like a Cockerel to me. I think it was #2. The rest look like females.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I am VERY new to chicken ownership (Dec 25, 2017) and we have 7 orpingtons, they are about 19 weeks old. 2 have started crowing but I am not convinced they are roos yet as they have no cape feathers but I am not sure about the saddle feathers? We are able to return them to trade if they are roos but I am really hoping they are just having an identity crisis! To my untrained eyes all 7 look the same! Thanks for your opinions
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I think I see two orpington cross cockerels, but not 100% sure yet.

 

[Shannon85]

Update!
They were both roos as were 2 others! Back to the farm they have gone as thankfully the lady we got them from said we could switch out any roos for hens. So of the 7, 4 roos and 3 hens. They were so hard to tell apart visually as I am just learning but I did notice that the roos were all getting new feathers and as they came in they were yellow patches of the shaft of the feather, the hens never had this yellowing. The biggest differences I noticed were behavioural. The 4 roos sparred with each other from the get-go while the hens didn't and the roos walked taller than the hens. Their saddle feathers and cape feathers didnt come in until right as they started crowing so that wasn't useful. Now I know for next time!

 

[TreeTree411]

Update!
They were both roos as were 2 others! Back to the farm they have gone as thankfully the lady we got them from said we could switch out any roos for hens. So of the 7, 4 roos and 3 hens. They were so hard to tell apart visually as I am just learning but I did notice that the roos were all getting new feathers and as they came in they were yellow patches of the shaft of the feather, the hens never had this yellowing. The biggest differences I noticed were behavioural. The 4 roos sparred with each other from the get-go while the hens didn't and the roos walked taller than the hens. Their saddle feathers and cape feathers didnt come in until right as they started crowing so that wasn't useful. Now I know for next time!

That was great you were able to switch the Males for females!!