Please, are these two roosters or hens?

[birdie477]

Hi These two chicks are 9 weeks

old. Can you give me your opinion if they are hens or roosters? Thank you

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Both cockerels

 

[21hens-incharge]

That is a lot of red in that huge comb for a nine week old.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

1st bird has the red patches of doom on the shoulders
Second bird has significant growth and color of comb&wattle relative to reported age

 

[birdie477]

I thought so too but he doesn't have much of a tail at all. And the brown one has a big tail but not much of a comb.
This is the first time I've let my hen hatch out eggs. She went broody so I got fertilized eggs and slipped then under her.
When do they start crowing?

 

[The Angry Hen]

The top one has got me stumped, but surprisingly... My first guess would be hen. My guess on the second photo, that is a cockerel one hundred percent.

 

[birdie477]

What are red patches of doom?

 

[21hens-incharge]

Oh man! The red patches!

Red patches on the wings where they meet the body are male indicators.

Not sure if that counts if they are mixed breeds.....

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I'm not sure about #1, could you get some pictures of the saddle feathers? #2 looks like a cockerel.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

I'm not sure about #1, could you get some pictures of the saddle feathers? #2 looks like a cockerel.

At 9 weeks of age those feathers are not yet gender differentiated