How many cockerels?

[Trogdor]

Need some help in IDing if these are young cockerels. No fighting or crowing to date. Let me know your thoughts from what's here in photo and description. Appreciated!

1)First up is my youngest, a 10 wk splash, bottom of the pecking order but has three row pea comb that's a bit pink so is his face. No saddle feathers coming in.


2) Smallest of my birds, is about 18 weeks old, only thing I've got to go off are different coloured tail feathers, no other obvious signs to me (no expert).

3) Blue here has been a suspected cockerel from young age, fastest growing, but no care for crowing, he's 18 weeks too.

4) This one has iridescent feathers and copper starting my to emerge, 18 weeks.

5) Late bloomer? 18 weeks, face has just started to get pink.

 

[Criticalicious]

How sure are you of ages?

4 and 5 look like copper marans. 4 looks like a boy and probably closer to 12-14 weeks not 18, because of the copper coming in by the tail. If this bird is 18 weeks, then might be pullet but that copper is usually only in cockerels. Is it a mix?

No 5 might be pullet. The pullets grow their waddles and combs around 18 weeks, just before they start laying.

 

[cmom]

They look like males to me but I'm no expert either.

 

[sourland]

2 is a pullet. 3 and 4 are cockerels. 1 and 5 ?

 

[KikiLeigh02]

1) I would give a few more weeks, probably a cockerel
2) Pullet
3) Cockerel.

On 4 & 5 I can't really make out what the feathering in the saddle are looks like on these two. Do you have better photos? You should be able to tell in person, if they're thinner and pointed you have males for sure.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

1, 3, 4, & 5 are cockerels. 2 is a pullet.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

1: Cockerel
2: Pullet
3: Cockerel
4: Cockerel (iridescence happens on all black birds, not just boys, so is not an indicator of gender) (((ETA: I'm looking more and I'm on the fence with this one too. Can you get another shot of this one from the same angle, but with better lighting?)))
5: Pullet, I think. Can you get a shot of it from the top or the side with good lighting?

 

[Trogdor]

Thanks everyone!!!

Here are two other pics of the black ones.

I did count my weeks wrong, so this coming weekend will be 17 weeks having them. The breeder said to be mixed BCM and olive egger/easter eggers.

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[Folly's place]

I think 2 is a pullet, and the others cockerels.
Give an update in a couple more weeks!
Mary

 

[Frazzemrat1]

I suspect #4, the one with copper on the rump, is a cockerel, and I think that the other one is a pullet. There's no obvious male saddle feathers on either. Copper butt has curving sickle feathers, full black does not.