Hen or rooster?

[katym]

Hi! My family just started raising chickens. We bought our first 5 hens at the end of April. 2 of these hens are starting to look like they could be roosters, and they crow! One is an Americauna, and the other is a black australorp. What do you guys think? Thanks!

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[and-roo]

Both some very pretty roosters (if they crow, that's almost always a definite sign off a rooster)

 

[junebuggena]

You have an Easter Egger, not Ameraucana. The Easter Egger is a cockerel. The Australorp has yellowish legs, so it's probably a Jersey Giant. How old?

 

[katym]

They were hatched April 27th.

 

[sfaina]

I sent my husband to a chicken swap to rehome my Australop Rooster. A guy traded him 5 "sex-linked pullets." I believed it at first since I don't know anything about sex-link, but I haven't been able to find anything about WHITE sex-links unless they are roosters. And, these are starting to act like roosters. Were we duped or could they possibly be pullets? They are all white, yellow feet, with some rust staining-like feathers coming in.

sfaina

 

[junebuggena]

Red sexlinked cockerels are white with red on the shoulder/wings. Pullets are red with some white, usually on the wings, back, and tail. You now have 5 more boys to get rid off.

 

[drumstick diva]

Sorry about that - well maybe the rooster you traded him with be sterile or something so the trader can get duped as well.