Hen or rooster?? I NEED HElP!

[hwildasin23]

Thank you everyone, I will post some better pictures as soon as I get back home. Out of all of the chics I have a few that have gotten super aggressive over the last week. Is that also a sign of being a rooster?

 

[SueT]

My records show that my Rhode Island Red began laying at 4 1/2 months.

 

[SueT]

Thank you everyone, I will post some better pictures as soon as I get back home. Out of all of the chics I have a few that have gotten super aggressive over the last week. Is that also a sign of being a rooster?

Not necessarily. Rhode Island Red ladies can tend to be more aggressive than other breeds. In my experience anyway. Yours are teenagers now, and establishing the pecking order.

 

[Roo5]

I tend to see aggression in young cockerels, mainly with the other birds, almost always, escpecially in

Thank you everyone, I will post some better pictures as soon as I get back home. Out of all of the chics I have a few that have gotten super aggressive over the last week. Is that also a sign of being a rooster?

groups that contains other young males.

 

[SueT]

I'm really hoping for pullets for you! Keep us updated, good luck!

 

[cstephens1987]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens looks like possibly one is roo but better pictures individually will help allot

I agree. Looks like the upper right is a roo but most of the rest look like pullets

 

[Roo5]

There’s atleast four male too young to have all the red.Op,could you give an exact age?The birds still still have fuzz on their face.

 

[hwildasin23]

Here is a better picture of them from this morning. I had bought them on March 15th so my prior comment of 3 months old is incorrect.

 

[cstephens1987]

Oh wow they're only 6 weeks old? Yeah looks like a bunch of boys and maybe one pullet

 

[Table4Six]

Here is a better picture of them from this morning. I had bought them on March 15th so my prior comment of 3 months old is incorrect.

All birds pictured here are male.