How many cockerels do you see? Wyandottes

[labelo]

My parents are integrating 8-week old guineas and chickens into an existing flock (ignore the hen in the back with the chicks). They were supposed to be sexed pullets (edit: other than 1 GLW cockerel, who was ordered). You expect some mis-sexing, but I'm seeing an awful lot of potential roos. How many do you count?

They are a mix of black-laced gold and blue/splash laced red wyandottes, plus the guineas (who don't need to be sexed).

And then I spotted this guy in another photo! There's 20 pullets + 1 planned cockerrel in all, so I'm clearly missing some of them.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

In that first picture, 7 and 10 looks like cockerels. On 15, a better picture of his comb might be helpful. 6 I would watch due to comb redness, though I'm leaning toward pullet on that one.

 

[labelo]

For my count I'm thinking at least 6, 7, 10, and 15.

In that first picture, 7 and 10 looks like cockerels. On 15, a better picture of his comb might be helpful. 6 I would watch due to comb redness, though I'm leaning toward pullet on that one.

It's the red in the wing that makes me suspicious of 15, they have a splash rooster who looked just like that when he was younger, whereas the splash pullets all had defined lacing.

Here's another photo from another angle. They've moved around somewhat, so I can't be sure of which numbers are which and instead have labeled a, b, c, and d(/15). Hoping these are the same 4 in the first photos.

 

[SchwartzLakeFarmNC]

I agree, 6,7,10,15 all seem to lean cockerels if they are 8 weeks old, my experience is that the pullets do mature quick, but nothing with that size of comb and color at 8 weeks.

 

[labelo]

I agree, 6,7,10,15 all seem to lean cockerels if they are 8 weeks old, my experience is that the pullets do mature quick, but nothing with that size of comb and color at 8 weeks.

Thanks! Looks like they might have gone from the problem of having a hard time keeping a rooster to more than they know what to do with!

I did ask again, and it turns out they ordered 14 pullets and 1 rooster, and the hatchery sent 6 extra, presumably because it was early in the season and a little cold. Usually they only get 1 extra in an order that size. Everyone made it, and looks like most of those extras ended up being boys, but at least they (probably) weren't shorted pullets.
They've always ordered from Cackle (it's close to their house, so they usually get chicks within a day in the mail and have never lost a chick in transit), and they've gotten pretty lucky on getting pullets. The only previous mix up was last year they ordered a GLW roo, he ended up being a pullet, but one of their splash wyandottes was an accidental rooster, so it worked out. Not bad when you've ordered 50+ birds and the sexing rate is only advertised at 90%. This round might make them go back to mostly sexlinks, though

Their chickens free range, so they lose a decent number to hawks, so it might end up being a non issue. Otherwise, if anyone in North Central AR wants a pretty wyandotte rooster, I might be able to hook you up!

 

[ChickenBone23]

I love the guineas! Have you heard any of them call yet??