HELP Rooster or hens

Krazy Train

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Good morning all! I’m Susie this is my first post. I’ve been reading in this group and I’m really enjoying it! I have 10 chickens, 6 Black Jersey Giants, and 4 black copper Marans. They are 4 months and a week. This I my first flock. I feel like I have 7 roosters, I have looked at pictures, read, watched videos and researched probably every way possible to tell the difference between hens and roosters, and I can’t got it....lack of experience. So I’m asking for y’all’s expertise to help me figure this out. I wish I had one good picture of all 10. I’m missing one of the coppers. I think I got everyone else but it’s hard to tell the giants apart.
 

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At least 1,2,3,4,5,7, and 8 are roos. Need better pics of 6 and 9
Edit: I almost forgot...:welcome
You may want to start a bachelor pad (a flock of all roos with no hens) if you are allowed to have roos. They will not fight because there are no hens to fight over, but there will be a LOT of crowing. You can keep hens in a separate coop with one or no roos. You can also cull any that are overly aggressive, cull them all, give them all away, etc. There's a really good article written by @RoostersAreAwesome about bachelor pads: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/rooster-flocks.72998/
 
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I was afraid of that... you all seem consistent in your opinions so far... seems like Re homing them Is going to be tough. There a lot of people trying to find homes for roosters...
 
I was afraid of that... you all seem consistent in your opinions so far... seems like Re homing them Is going to be tough. There a lot of people trying to find homes for roosters...
Are you allowed to have roosters in your area? It may be worth it to get some more hens from a hatchery and keep a roo around.
 

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