Opinions PLEASE! Hens or roos??

[masloozinit76]

I purchased 2 japanese bantams at 1 day old and 3 golden comets at 1 week old. I was told the comets are sex link and was guaranteed they were all girls. The bantams were a crap shoot (as most know lol). Well, the comets are now just shy of 17 weeks old and the bantams just shy of 16 weeks. They all appear (to me) to be girls but I THOUGHT I heard a slight beginning of a crow the other day. Unsure if it was from my flock or a rooster that lives down the road. Also, one of my comets does a very long drawn out sound and she does it a LOT so now I'm wondering if she is in fact a he. Can anyone please help me figure this out? I need to know because until we get moved, we cannot have a rooster where we are now. (HOA complains blah blah lol the house that has a rooster is farmhouse just outside our subdivision)

Anyway here are the pics, thanks for any input! I'm even including one of their backsides while they are on the roost. (comets)

Also, as you will see in the pictures, 2 of them have 1-2 feathers protruding from the backside, which worried me the first time I seen it because I figured roo feathers coming in. But those actually just fall out. Could that still mean that she is in fact a HE? (sorry, first time chicken owner here lol)

 

[Sunshine0235]

The golden comet is a pullet, no doubt there. Its the one with the white tail feathers.

The two bantam look like pullets to me, but the picture is a bit far away.

One of the red chickens with the black tail feathers (they are not golden comets, but production reds) looks like it might have pointy saddle feathers. Could you post pictures of the two from the side? Full body, standing naturally.

 

[masloozinit76]

I sure can. I will go out now and get pics. I was wondering why Omelet and Tender had black on them. He swore to me they were all golden comets but every golden comet picture I see looks like Nugget, white and golden. He did also have rhode island reds so I figured he got confused or someone stole some eggs lol They also don't have as big of combs or waddles but the same size feathers. They all look like pullets to me but I'm far from expert haha. Okay I will go get the pics now.

 

[donrae]

Everyone looks female to me

My hens make a long, drawn out bawk bawk baaaawwwwwwwkkkkk sound all the time, could be what you're hearing. Something like an egg song.

 

[masloozinit76]

This one is Tender, forgive Marsala. She is always up Tender's butt lol



This one is Omelet. I'm not sure what those feathers sticking out are. The first time I seen them, I thought she was a he but they fell out. Now they are back on her and Nugget, is that normal? lol Or is she in face a he?



Thanks!!

 

[masloozinit76]

Everyone looks female to me

My hens make a long, drawn out bawk bawk baaaawwwwwwwkkkkk sound all the time, could be what you're hearing. Something like an egg song.

YES! That is exactly the sound! Thank you! lol

 

[Sunshine0235]

Yep look like girls to me

 

[masloozinit76]

Thank you SO much! I was really hoping so. I am far too attached to let them go now so figuring out where to put a roo and how to avoid my neighbors throwing a fit would have been tough lol