My Wyandotte fooled me! (... and other breeds)

[desau]

Newbie here.

I've got 7 bantams.

There are two age batches here: The Wyandotte and Japanese bantams are around 17 weeks old.

The silkies and polish bantams are around 12 weeks old.

I thought that they were all hens because I'd already culled out two roosters that started crowing around 10 weeks (from the first 17 week-old batch).

However, just about 3 days ago, the "big momma" (Wyandotte) decided to push out some lovely green curved tail feathers. Doing some quick googling revealed that "she" is probably actually a "he".

So .. abashed, here I am.

Any advice on how many others here are also roosters (assuming the Wyandotte) is actually a rooster?

Also - I'm not positive about the breeds (well .. I am about the polish and silkies .. hard to screw that up). But the two older ones -- I believe are Silver Laced Wyandotte and the white one is I believe a Japanese bantam.

Summary:
1 17 week old Silver Laced Wyandotte bantam, probably rooster
1 17 week old Japanese bantam, presumed hen
3 12 week old Silkies (black, white and red), presumed all hens
2 12 week old Polish bantams, presumed both hens

Wyandotte with Japanese in background:


Wyandotte tail shot:


Wyandotte head shot:


Wyandotte overhead shot:


Japanese bantam head shot:


Japanese bantam body shot:


Japanese bantam overhead shot:


White Silkie body shot:


Another white silkie body shot:


Black silkie body shot:


Black silkie body / head shot:


Red Silkie:


Red Silkie:


Polish 1:


Polish 2:


Polish 3:


Polish 4:


Polish 5:


Polish 6:



I'm somewhat embarrassed to admit that I can't tell the two polish apart .. I think they're probably both the same sex since they look (to my untrained eyes) so similar.

I've got a number of other shots in much higher resolution - I can post URL's to those if desired.

Thanks!

 

[Break an Egg]

The wyandotte is def a roo. The skinny pointy feathers always give it away. Very pretty birds.

 

[SilverChickie]

Wyandotte is a roo; curved tail feathers and saddle feathers give it away.

Can't help with the Jap. or the silkies, but the Polish are both girls. Very pretty birds! Wish I had some Polish.

 

[shelleyd2008]

#1 (wyandotte) is definitely a roo
#2 (jap) is definitely a pullet
#3 (white silkie) looks like a roo because of the crest (or lack of)
#4 (black silkie) looks like a pullet
#5 (red <buff> silkie) looks like a roo, again because of the crest (or lack of)
#6 (polish pic #5) looks like a roo on the left because the crest looks like it is spreading out and it also looks like the tail feathers are getting longer, the one on the right is a girl

ETA: It is very difficult to tell on silkies before they are 5 months old or so. The roosters will get 'streamers' (do a search) on the back of their crests, the hens don't get those. Give the polish a couple more weeks and I guarantee that the one on the left in #5 pic will look more like a roo