Help! Are these fertilized?!

[fluffycrow]

Did you ever have a rooster on the property?

 

[augustALIEN]

Please tell me which one you think is a roo because they were born august 7th and have been laying for almost a month. I purchased what I was told were all pullet chicks and then last month someone said yep they are all girls. I’m so dumbfounded right now.

 

[augustALIEN]

They definitely look like they're being bred by something, some are bare or have minor feather loss at the saddle

I noticed that a month or so ago and chalked it up to mild molting or new feathers coming in as they were turning into adults.

 

[fluffycrow]

I have also noticed some irregularities, but those would apply to birds at 4 months, not laying and breeding age chickens

 

[augustALIEN]

I do feel like there's one with a little longer tail feathers, but I am bad at this game. Which one was your lighter chick with the big

I have also noticed some irregularities, but those would apply to birds at 4 months, not laying and breeding age chickens

This is what I get for buying from TSC.

 

[Chipmunk Chicks]

I always had that suspicion and then I took photos to show the guy at the feed store and he said yep looks like all hens. He also told me they wouldn’t lay until next spring and the next day they started laying so I guess that was my first sign he didn’t know what he was talking about.

Yeah, some birds will delay the onset of laying over winter until the days get longer again, some breeds will jump right in. If it's a breed that lays over winter, it may well start laying for you once they're ready, and the day length shouldn't affect them as much. My Welsummers started in November and never stopped!

 

[Chipmunk Chicks]

This is what I get for buying from TSC.

TSC is a great place to start! I got my first five birds from there, and they were in fact all pullets. But mistakes do happen, especially when sexers may be looking for breed characteristics, where the birds are not super duper bred to the standard. But they still lay good eggs!

 

[fluffycrow]

Can you get some good, close up photo of each bird, that would be the most helpful way right now

 

[Chipmunk Chicks]

Can you get some good, close up photo of each bird, that would be the most helpful way right now

Profile, top down, face /comb + wattles

 

[fluffycrow]

Can you post that one alone, with clear view of its side profile, it's comb and wattles?