Help me confirm the gender of my six 14 week old chickens

[klugyellow]

I'm a new chicken wrangler. About 14 weeks ago I bought the birds from a local farmer. He had a clutch of about 20 chicks I randomly grabbed 6. His advert claimed the birds were sexed and would likely be hens. It also said the father was a black copper maran and the mothers were barred rocks or an easter egger.

Each picture is annotated with a number I assigned them. I have my suspicions about the gender of each bird based on my research but I thought I would get second opinions from the experts since these aren't pure bred birds. I can't keep roosters so if they aren't hens then it may be a death sentence for them depending on who I can find to take them. I'm located in northern Utah in case anyone here wants some free roosters/cockerels.

Also for some added information number 3 and number 4 began to crow this week.

Thanks!

 

[nuthatched]

The black one is the only pullet.
If they're barred rock x maran, the pullets would have lacked a head spot as chicks.

 

[Theorrin]

looks like all roos but maybe 6

 

[Cloverr39]

6 is your only pullet.

 

[fluffycrow]

Agree with the others. Number six is your only pullet

 

[klugyellow]

I appreciate the responses already. My assessment is that #6 is probably the only pullet. bad luck on my part selecting them.

The black one is the only pullet.
If they're barred rock x maran, the pullets would have lacked a head spot as chicks.

When i picked them out only two had white spots on the head. They grew out to be the barred rocks. The other 4 had black heads.

 

[fluffycrow]

The barred birds you have aren't BRs

 

[nuthatched]

I appreciate the responses already. My assessment is that #6 is probably the only pullet. bad luck on my part selecting them.


When i picked them out only two had white spots on the head. They grew out to be the barred rocks. The other 4 had black heads.

The red rooster looks pure so now that I'm thinking about, I don't think it would have bee possibleto discern the sex via down color. I'm not sure the breeder had his pens secure or quite knew what he was doing.

 

[ThePhoebeFive]

I'm a new chicken wrangler. About 14 weeks ago I bought the birds from a local farmer. He had a clutch of about 20 chicks I randomly grabbed 6. His advert claimed the birds were sexed and would likely be hens. It also said the father was a black copper maran and the mothers were barred rocks or an easter egger.

Each picture is annotated with a number I assigned them. I have my suspicions about the gender of each bird based on my research but I thought I would get second opinions from the experts since these aren't pure bred birds. I can't keep roosters so if they aren't hens then it may be a death sentence for them depending on who I can find to take them. I'm located in northern Utah in case anyone here wants some free roosters/cockerels.

Also for some added information number 3 and number 4 began to crow this week.

Thanks!

Aside from the obvious rooster combs, wattles, and tails on birds 1-5, 1, 4, and 5 all have red wing patches, a distinct sign of roosters for EEs and EE mixes. IF you have any pullets, 6 is the only one, but the slightly longer curved feathers on his/her tail make me nervous. Could be a slower growing roo. I've had some pullets with curved tails at that age, so just keep an eye on it.

 

[klugyellow]

Sorry to hijack my own thread but I have another question. I'm going to have to rehome all but one of my birds. Is this one going to go insane being by itself for a couple months while new chicks are growing in a brooder?