it's crowing!?!

[cpwhip]

I went out to let the chicks out and heard all the normal cluck cluck and peeping then
heard a pathetic ERRR ERRR ERRRR they are only supposed to be 7 weeks old isn't that a little young?
I will take pictures I have a strong feeling I got 3 Roo's out of the 6 and I'm not sure who to keep if any
they are 2 Ameraucana and 1 splash which I am pretty sure is female and 2 blue copper marans..
I will need your help to figure out who's who other than the splash

 

[magicpigeon]

Roosters have been known to crow very very early... uncommon but possible

 

[cpwhip]

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yeah I was shocked! like I said I had a feeling 3 are Roo's I also have 8/ 13 week old sexlink pullets that haven't layed
yet maybe he is tring to be king Roo early before the other 2? the 3 I suspect are Roo's have good size red combs
and waddles on the sides of their faces and all the others look ladyish with very small combs.
I will get pics this afternoon I really need to find out who is who so I can decide who to keep if any, I was hoping for one Roo
Blue CM to go with the female splash but I'm not sure if thats right either. will definately need some advise here...
Thanks

 

[Michandy]

I had 2 roos out of 6 chicks - the first roo started crowing at 8weeks and the other didn't start til nearly 12 to 13 weeks!
We actually assumed we only had one rooster up to that point

 

[sunnysongbird]

mine also crowed at 2 months old, and the other crowed much later at 5 months old. So it can vary. I have three chickens and two are roosters, the other I hope is a hen

 

[cpwhip]

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LOL so he's and early bloomer I really wish I new more about IDing these guys/gals that would help a lot
the one that crowed is lil bigger then the other two Roo's in question and really a pretty blue color.
I read if I mate a splash with a blue CM then I would get lighter blue CM chicks but my hope was to get one Black CM
and mate it with the splash for 100% all Blue CM chicks lol I'm not even sure if thats correct or not.

 

[cpwhip]

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so far I'm 100% postive I have 8 RSL pullets one blue splash Copper Marans pullet and 2 Ameraucana one blue and one black
both look very girly if there is such a term, then there's the 3 Roo's I believe are all Blue Copper Marans. I will do my best to get good
pic's of all six and hope I can solve the mystery once and for all so far the crowing proves the slightly larger one is all boy, lol
it's kinda embarrassing to be a dumb chicken owner but I'm tring to learn.