Hen or Roo???? Lots of pics!!!! Please help!!!

[Alabama ee]

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You may want to wait just a little longer...

 

[Aframechickens191]

I think you have all hens there to be honest.....a great way to find out is separate them individually and see if they all lay eggs. Im seeing no saddle feathers or pointed tail feathers at all on any of these....and they are DEFINATELY old enough that theyd be crowing. Still, if you arent satisfied with them by all means find someone else to take them. Personally I think you are lucky to have such beautiful birdies

 

[shelley8971]

My kids were just out in the pen and herd one crow. Not sure which one did it though. I would keep the rooster but i hear of roosters fighting each other. I already have 2 roosters that im sure of and 3 more( besides the ones in the pics) that im pretty sure are roosters. I'm not sure how many roosters i can have without having a problem with fighting. As for the age of the chickens in the pic. The lady posted them in the ad at the age of 7 weeks. That was 2 weeks ago. She lied about the sex maybe she also lied about the age. The birds are beautiful don't get me wrong. If i can keep them all with out the fighting i would. I just don't want any of them to end up getting hurt or killed by each other. Right now i have 9 red star hens(2 years old) 3 rhode island red hens(8weeks old) 4 barred rock hens (8 weeks old) and 1 easter egger hen (8 weeks old) 1 easter egger hen not sure of the age it came with the ones in the pics. Pretty sure she is a hen though. Then i have a six 4 week olds and 2 bantoms that are 3 week old. Plus i have 27 eggs in the incubator ready to hatch on saturday. So im not thinking i have enough hens for all the roos i will have.

 

[shay20]

well i see no saddles on her, so i think she is a pullet.

 

[Golden the Bantam]

it looks like a hen cuz of the way its tail is and................................. yeah

 

[shelley8971]

Looks like i will wait and see. I hope i have a Hen.

You guys are the best. Thanks for all the replies.

Anyone have an idea on the ages of the 2???

 

[Treegod]

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In my experience when a male chick grows up with other males or with an older male around they become accepted. Not so with grown cockerels that don't know each other (though I'm sure this isn't always the case):

We have three cockerels in a small area and they get on fine. The small one keeps out of the way of the big ones, and the two bigs ones have an agreement between them. They get into fights but nothing too violent. One cockerel we hatched was accepted well

The only problem with lots of cockerels is the ratio to hens. They can get on with each other well if they know each other, but they will exhaust the females. We have 3:12 males:females, which I'm sure is too high, some of our girls do look a little rough. But also one of the cockerels is well controlled by the bigger ones so doesn't harass the hens as much as he could.

One of the cockerels we bought because we thought he was a she, but he wasn't! We have to be more careful in the future.

 

[happyhens44]

mines the about the same age and a hen, your looks like a hen too me....\\