My suspected Roos - agree or disagree

[ILoveDaffy]

Roo, pullet, roo.

 

[ChickenMath10to17]

Correct.

Okay. Good to know. I guess I will figure that next.

 

[ChickenMath10to17]

This is what a RIR looks like:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/the-rhode-island-red-chicken-breed.72838/

Do you know what mine actually is?

 

[NatJ]

Oh no! I have many with 3 rows on the pea comb!

3 row pea combs can exist on females too.

(Without photos, I can't say whether yours are males or females, just saying that 3 rows of "peas" does not always mean male.)

 

[ChickenMath10to17]

3 row pea combs can exist on females too.

(Without photos, I can't say whether yours are males or females, just saying that 3 rows of "peas" does not always mean male.)

This is good to know!!!! Thanks!

 

[Tookie]

Here is the EE comb picture I forgot to post. Does that help any? @NatJ @Tookie @LadiesAndJane @nuthatched

Cockerel.

 

[ChickenMath10to17]

Update 6 weeks later
15/16 weeks old

Margarine- is Roo I think
Rainbow- I still dont know but has the green sheen feather in the tail
Unnamed- still beautiful and wont stay for pictures. Black browns reds. In the background of the last picture is anyone wants to guess. I think they are long black neck feather on him. I am leaning Roo

 

[ChickenMath10to17]

@NatJ @LaFleche @Kiki here are updated photos of my suspected roos. Can I hold our hope Rainbow is a pullet?!

 

[NatJ]

@NatJ @LaFleche @Kiki here are updated photos of my suspected roos. Can I hold our hope Rainbow is a pullet?!

The red one? Um, I'm not sure. I've been trying to look at the feather shapes on the saddle area (just in front of the tail), to see if they are skinny and pointy (male) or rounded (female or immature male). But I'm having trouble seeing the shapes of individual feathers.

If they are 16-17 weeks old, a female could be getting a big comb & wattles and almost ready to lay eggs. I would expect a male to have obvious pointy saddle feathers, and probably be crowing, by that age.

But you said you're sure Margarine (white) is male, and I think those two look to be the same gender as each other. And I know that some males are very slow to develop, so they keep everyone guessing for a long time.

So I'm not really sure what to say

 

[ChickenMath10to17]

The red one? Um, I'm not sure. I've been trying to look at the feather shapes on the saddle area (just in front of the tail), to see if they are skinny and pointy (male) or rounded (female or immature male). But I'm having trouble seeing the shapes of individual feathers.

If they are 16-17 weeks old, a female could be getting a big comb & wattles and almost ready to lay eggs. I would expect a male to have obvious pointy saddle feathers, and probably be crowing, by that age.

But you said you're sure Margarine (white) is male, and I think those two look to be the same gender as each other. And I know that some males are very slow to develop, so they keep everyone guessing for a long time.

So I'm not really sure what to say

Well, Margarine is only me confirmed rooster. And I am a learner. Margarine is a big as my obvious rooster but has not crowed. None have crowed yet in my coop.

Rainbow is still a very small bird, the same size as what i think my pullets are. But with so mamh mixed breeds I feel this task is impossible to decipher males and females.