Help!!! I don't want to slauther my hens b/c I'm too inexperienced to recognize the difference

[lonna]

Can you help make sure these are roosters before we harvest them for meat.

They are roughly 16-18 weeks. All mix breeds. We have several kinds of hens at our place-- RIR, Buffs, Minoras, Black Giants, Salmon Favoralles, Russian Orloffs, Domiineckers, and white Leghorns--as far as the daddy-- white EE, Leghorn, and Buff.

I know I may have given you wayyyy to much info to determine the sex, but I just wanted to give you some idea of what you may be looking at.

Most of ya'll are experts--how long raising chickens before I can see it myself?

thanks so much

 

[thedollysmama]

I can't see some of the pics clearly enough to trust my judgement, but here are my best guesses for who is a rooster: top pic, the one on the right, maybe the one in the middle
Second pic down: can't tell
3rd pic down: rooster
4th pic down: hen
5th pic down: rooster
6th pic down: rooster

These are simply guesses, nothing more. Best to have someone who knows see them in person.

 

[flockman]

X2

Pic number 3 you can see the sickle feathers and the green tail feathers.

 

[ve]

All boys

 

[farmerChef]

all roosters. thier pointed saddle(back) and hackle(neck) feathers are coming in. Any bird with those are roosters. They usually come in 3-4 months old. Roosters also usually have larger, redder combs, but if you have a lot of roosters together, some of the less dominate ones wont mature as fast, but they will still get the pointed feathers.

here are some saddle feathers on a 4-5 month old game cockeral

 

[BantyChickenLuv]

All boys

x2

 

[debid]

All roosters.