Looking for some help determining gender!

they look like cockerels due to the tails other than that they do look like pullets. i wouldn't get rid of any until i knew for sure that it was a cockerel (keeping it till it crowed) or layed)
 
they look like cockerels due to the tails other than that they do look like pullets. i wouldn't get rid of any until i knew for sure that it was a cockerel (keeping it till it crowed) or layed)
Some pullets do have tail feathers like this. The saddle feathers are rounded and not pointy. I do not have a BO cock, but I will compare my BR cockerel (15 weeks) to the one the OP is asking about... My rooster is 6 weeks younger and look at the comb/wattles and the roo feathers (saddle/hackle and the tail feathers)
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I have a cross breed pullet that has tailfeathers very similar to the OP's bird.
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So unless the tail feathers are long AND curvy, I would not peg this as a rooster. There is nothing there at all that leads me to believe it. No roo behaviour No crowing No saddle feathers No hackle feathers Small Comb & wattles
 
Some pullets do have tail feathers like this. The saddle feathers are rounded and not pointy.
I do not have a BO cock, but I will compare my BR cockerel (15 weeks) to the one the OP is asking about... My rooster is 6 weeks younger and look at the comb/wattles and the roo feathers (saddle/hackle and the tail feathers)
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I have a cross breed pullet that has tailfeathers very similar to the OP's bird.
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So unless the tail feathers are long AND curvy, I would not peg this as a rooster. There is nothing there at all that leads me to believe it.
No roo behaviour
No crowing
No saddle feathers
No hackle feathers
Small Comb & wattles

Thanks so much! I'm going to wait it out and give them time to mature. I'm am pretty confident now to just let them grow some more.

Your BR are gorgeous! I am hoping to expand my flock next year and I have decided I need some BR. They are so pretty!
 
Thanks so much! I'm going to wait it out and give them time to mature. I'm am pretty confident now to just let them grow some more. 

Your BR are gorgeous! I am hoping to expand my flock next year and I have decided I need some BR. They are so pretty!
Thank you very much :D I drove VERY far to get them. They are from SQ stock, and I would be very happy if they were even close to their father.

I HIGHLY recommend getting barred rocks. Usually they are easily sexed by colour at a day old. They are very friendly birds, and lay like champs!
 

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