Male or female ri reds

[kdias]

Can anyone help me with the gender of my 3 rhode island reds?
They are right around 4 months old now.

When they were hatched I thought they were all female now I'm thinking I have all males..

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[AuberyMirkwood]

One female in front, two males in back would be my guess

 

[BusyGirl57]

It looks to me like you might have 2 males and 1 female. I have the same trouble but now one of the males does his cockadoodle doo too much and I need help finding him a good home if you have any suggestions, I would appreciate it. You can tell by the tallness of the crown and the flaps under the chin. let me know if I can be of any other help.

 

[junebuggena]

They all look like pullets. Their combs are supposed to start turning red at 4 months old. A cockerel would have obvious male feathering by then. This is my 16 week old Easter Egger cockerel to give you an idea of what a male would look like at that age. Notice the long, flowing hackle feathers and the thin, long, shiny saddle feathers. Your birds are clearly lacking these male only feathers.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

I'm going to disagree with @junebuggena (wow, hell must have frozen over) - the two birds in back are not showing blatant saddle/hackle feathers as of yet - but they are showing dark, glossy patches in the body feathering vs. the nice, consistent feathering qualities seen in pullets.
OP - when you say "right around 4 months" - how many weeks old are these birds? I have learned that one person's idea of 4 months and anothers can often be off by 2-3 weeks and that matters a whole lot in evaluating a birds gender characteristics.

 

[MadamPoofyBrow]

Can anyone help me with the gender of my 3 rhode island reds?
They are right around 4 months old now.

When they were hatched I thought they were all female now I'm thinking I have all males..

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Two in back are cocks, I see sickle feathers. Front is definitely a pullet.

 

[kdias]

So.I apparently am 1 of those people who are way off on the guessing of the age.. I went back and fourth d their hatching video. That was April.8th. So they are only 2.5 months old (way off from my origional.4 month guess I am SO sorry )

 

[junebuggena]

Then they are definitely boys. A pullet should not have a comb like that, at that age. Boy, what difference a couple weeks can make.

 

[kdias]

I'm not exactly sure what to look for so here's a better/closer picture of them. Not sure if this will.help

Again really sorry I was wrong on how old.they are they were hatched april.8th so only 2.5 months old not 4.

 

[junebuggena]

Pullets don't start turning red in the comb until they are almost ready to lay eggs, usually around 14 to 18 week old. If a bird under 10 weeks old has a bright red comb, it is male.