First time raising chickens, need help identifying the gender

[Palegan]

Hello,

It is the first time I'm raising chickens, I bought 3 chicks when they were 35 days old and another one which was a bit older.

It would help me a lot identifying their gender (especially the older one) so I can plan to buy more females if it is necessary. I think the older one should be around 4-6 months old and still no eggs found.

Thanks in advance!

 

[sourland]

All birds pictured are cockerels.

 

[Palegan]

Thanks! Very useful to know this.

 

[Chickenhappy8708]

I be live they are all cockerels. At this point it may be better not to get pullets, as they will get along better with each other and you when no ladies are present.

 

[Acre4Me]

all boys.

 

[Palegan]

I be live they are all cockerels. At this point it may be better not to get pullets, as they will get along better with each other and you when no ladies are present.

Thanks!

But the whole point of me buying them was to reproduce and get some chicks... I was planning to buy some females now that I know they are all males...

 

[black_cat]

Thanks!

But the whole point of me buying them was to reproduce and get some chicks... I was planning to buy some females now that I know they are all males...

I'd recommend making a bachelor pad for them, which is their own coop and run separated from all the ladies. Get some sexed female chicks and give them one or two roosters in a different coop and run from the bachelor flock.

 

[Acre4Me]

You will not want to keep all those males. Too many males! However, if you had breeding pens, you could keep all males - each with their own set of females. I would not recommend having that many males mixed in together with females - they will fight even if you had a lot of females. But, you could potentially get away with keeping 2 males if you have a large space and 15+ females.

 

[Chickenhappy8708]

Thanks!

But the whole point of me buying them was to reproduce and get some chicks... I was planning to buy some females now that I know they are all males...

That makes since XD. If you want to keep them together, they need about 10 pullets each. If not they can have less each, but 10 seems to be the lucky number.

 

[Palegan]

I'd recommend making a bachelor pad for them, which is their own coop and run separated from all the ladies. Get some sexed female chicks and give them one or two roosters in a different coop and run from the bachelor flock.

You mean, separate the males and give opportunity for them to mate without the others present? Sorry I didn't get 100% what you said.