New to chickens...

[CatKai]

Hi everyone,

About a week ago a friend went and picked up our chickens. He was told they were all pullets about a month old. I am now thinking I have more than half cockerels. My 2 that are buff Orpingtons I am sure enough about, they have a nasty temperament and just look like boys to me

and bigger combs than any of the other breeds I have. I need to get more pics of them all to post and get opinions on. The rest are 2 black Australorps (hope I get the spelling right on all these

), 2 Ameraucana and 4 Barred Rock. I think these are split on gender by breed pairs. How reliable is going by looks like a girl/boy in face/head? That's about where I am on the Auracanas and the Australorps. Same with the Barred Rocks except I read somewhere that the pullets are darker and that goes with my guess of which are the pullets in my group of 4. Any advice is welcome... I am taking the Orpingtons to him Friday to return but am undecided on the others that I *think* are not pullets...

Thanks,
Kim

 

[youridreezen]

how old are they?

 

[CatKai]

Couple more pics

 

[CatKai]

He picked them up last Saturday and he was told about a month old.

 

[nzpouter]

they are not barred rocks....

 

[CatKai]

You are referring to the black & white ones? Are they Dominique?

 

[nzpouter]

could be anything from dominique to barred wyandottes.... are they sold to you as barred rocks?

 

[CatKai]

My primary concern is gender more than the breed.

 

[CatKai]

Yes, sold to us as barred rocks and also that they were all (all the breeds) pullets.

 

[jeslewmazer]

It looks like you have some roos. The seller could have thought they were all pullets or just told you so you would buy them.

Are the larger combs a lot brighter in color?