Hens or Roos - rhode island red/Easter eggers

[snowydaisy]

5 weeks old today
Girls or boys?

14 birds.. Might split into multiple posts (some didn't pose nicely)

any general traits that indicate boys or Girls?

group shot

chick 12b

chick 12a

chick 11b

chick 11a

chick 10b

chick 10a

chick 9b

chick 9a

chick 8b

chick 8a

chick 7b

chick 7a

chick 6

chick 5b

chick 5a

chick 4b

chick 4a

chick 3b

chick 3a

chick 2

chick 1

 

[five is my dog]

picture 8 looks like a roo too me however myRIR hens have large combs

 

[snowydaisy]

At 5 weeks are they too young to tell? We hatched them from eggs.....

If someone could tell which are roos that would help us a lot.


Snowydaisy

 

[five is my dog]

yes its pretty hard to tell.

 

[troy4]

most of em are hens

 

[snowydaisy]

Just over half of them have large tail feathers that really stick outward in a clump and fewer have smaller little tail feathers and closer to their bodies.

We thought the ones that stuck out a lot were the roosters and the little smaller ones were the hens? These pics may not show that properly.

The ones that stick out seem to be larger birds overall also. Whereas the smaller overall birds seem to have these smaller feather areas on their bottoms.

Snowydaisy

 

[five is my dog]

usualy roos feather slower but i guess its too late to look for that

 

[BantamLover21]

Its a bit too young to tell for sure, but I would say that chick 7b and 9b could be roosters. Maybe post new photos in a few weeks.

 

[CochinBrahmaLover]

7b and 9b are roosters.
So far, more hens then Roos. Wouldn't worry about it for a bit unless your not allowed Roos / wanna sell them soon, then I would take zip ties and band the ones that look like Roos, then keep an eye out for any other suspicious, big, red combs. And just make sure to keep day to day progress

 

[snowydaisy]

Thanks!

We're not allowed roosters, we live in town. They are starting to fly all over when we clean their totes. We are building a coop and it's almost done. They won't all fit outside though. I would like to thin them out in the next few weeks.

Snowydaisy