I'm not going crazy - I know a roo when I see one

[MiaPia]

So, what would you guess the gender of each of these beauties?

17 week old Buff Orpington:

17 weeks old Partridge Silky (sorry about the blur - it's a hyper chicken and won't sit still!)

9 week old Bantam Cochin:

9 week old Bantam Easter Egger:

I would really appreciate any and all responses! I'll let you know the reason when I get some answers!

 

[BearSwampChick]

The first and third pics look like roos to me. Not sure about the others.

 

[DouglasPeeps]

#1 is a ROO, not sure of the others.

 

[Celeste]

The Buff is a roo!

 

[scrapmom5]

one and three are roos...I am not sure on the silkie but my guess is hen...and for 4 I would say hen.

 

[MiaPia]

Would it help if I told you that #4 is the meanest of the bunch, and CROWS? LOL!

 

[Chickenaddict]

I think all are roosters but the silkie.

 

[Half-a-dozen]

I would have guessed #4 is a roo.....and of course #1. My boys/girls of same breeds & ages look same.
That cochin is tricky tho. I had a (I thought boy) feather out like a boy, grow a comb and waddles at 8 weeks big red like a boy..... thought it was a boy until one of the TRUE boys started to jump on top of it.... ya know...

....wow I was shocked....its a girl! guess he would know better than I...

 

[kodiakchicken]

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I don't know about the crowing - although I vaguely remember someone on here posting that they had a hen that crowed, but I would believe you about #4 being the meanest. I had two EE'ers, one of whom eye pecked the others so bad I had to rehome it to a single chicken home. The other is skittesh and won't have anything to do with people. I won't be getting EE's or Araucana's or anything along those lines again.

 

[chickenfanatic]

1 ,3 and 4 look like roos i dunno much bout silkies