got three new pekin babies as a present, sexing possible?

nok13

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so someone made a barter with me, and i ended up with three feathered out baby pekins... of different colours. now , once again, i have too many chickens. i know i know its like sox. u can never have too many, but really, my neighbhors and the kibbutz will give me problems soon.

so we have eaten the shnitzel (meatie) chickens, and i traded out two red screechy hens for two bantam pekins (bantam cochin?) hens, red and rusty coloured, but not people friendly, as raised in large airy coop but no real human socializing... they lay on and off small cute eggs and get along really well with my leghorns who are only here for their eggs.

and suddenly i am given thsese three. they are indoors at the moment with our baby chicks from our hatch out; and frankly, i can socialize them, but then i feel bad if i sell or trade the two older ones, and these are just babies so i cant even put them in the coop as they will escape... feeling guilty. chances are, i can find good homes for the two older ones, or give them away (need money prefer to sell), but would like to make sure the babies are hens. the owner wastn sure. one has a bit of comb already, but not sure if their ages are the same... i will try to load pics soon...
can a pekin be a house chicken? i mean, i never considered having one, but actually hubby kind of said the house was empty (kids in army , with boyfriend, busy with own life) and he doesn have much problem with animals in the house... although diapers are a little wierd... question is, could a pekin do ok in the house? they seem flightly, the flew up around their chickbrood room and they manage with the dogs qute well (poor foofoo got snipped ont he nose so he watches and whines but doesnt try to clean them anymore)...
our house smells vaguely like a chicken coop and we also hatched out two ducklings, both a bit spraddle legged... we are bit over extended with animals in the hosue at the moment...
 
Pekins can be soooo sweet and human friendly if you raise them right. They could definitely be house chickens! I had a little pekin who used to run to me and let me pick her up. If you have time, photos please!
 





top one is the red one, i think roo; middle one is white and black, big, i think roo, bottom one is sandy with a little tiny sort of top knot on her head, yellow small comb, i think pullet..

what do u think?

probably should be in the gender and type forum, so mods can move if needed. i really like the sandy one. she/he sits quietly on my lap but she doesnt seem to be growing as big as fast as the other two... if the two are roos, i have a good home for them already (husband of a friend has been laid off due to chronic degenerative kidney and liver failure so he as at home and bored, he always had animals so these are about his size to care for)
 
help, can someone please id them as male or female as tomorrow (my time) i have to decide to rehome or not (close by, but once i give a present i wont ask for it back if tis a hen)... so really dont want to make a mistake in identity. and i have to get the chickens out of my hose bfore mom arrives on monday... so i have to reduce amounts running around here.....

anyone??
 

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