Future roosters or hens?

[Robert G]

Thank you all for your input. I will post pictures as they get older.

 

[JedJackson]

Usually I'd look at the breast feathers first with this type of coloring, but it doesn't look like they have breast feathers. So it's a tough call. The pattern is even, not patchy, but those darn combs are bigger and more red than the mother's. So I'm going to lean cockerel on both and hope I am wrong.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Usually I'd look at the breast feathers first with this type of coloring, but it doesn't look like they have breast feathers. So it's a tough call. The pattern is even, not patchy, but those darn combs are bigger and more red than the mother's. So I'm going to lean cockerel on both and hope I am wrong.

Wait... was that mom in the middle?! Then if so, then yea... w/out a doubt those are boys... I thought the speckled was a sibling. LOL

 

[JedJackson]

Wait... was that mom in the middle?! Then if so, then yea... w/out a doubt those are boys... I thought the speckled was a sibling. LOL

It's easy to get confused in here. I do all the time. But yeah, the spangled OE is the mama and I think the offspring are boys, too.

 

[Robert G]

Wait... was that mom in the middle?! Then if so, then yea... w/out a doubt those are boys... I thought the speckled was a sibling. LOL

Yep, that's the mom in the middle.

 

[4 ever Orpington]

So my old English speckled hen had 2 chicks and I noticed their combs began to grow and were bright red. A couple of weeks later I don't see the feathers a rooster would start to get. So now I'm thinking they are hens. What are your thoughts?View attachment 1323598

Looking like young cockerel’s. Lovely flock!

 

[Robert G]

Looking like young cockerel’s. Lovely flock!

Thank you!

 

[4 ever Orpington]

Thank you!

Cockerel’s have a unique habit of surprising us. I I purchased twenty chicks last year. Ended up with seven cockerels.

 

[Robert G]

Cockerel’s have a unique habit of surprising us. I I purchased twenty chicks last year. Ended up with seven cockerels.

Those a good odds. My hen had 11 chicks and 6 were cockerels.

 

[4 ever Orpington]

Those a good odds. My hen had 11 chicks and 6 were cockerels.

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