please help me i.d. these cochins

[vtgirls]

i am really hoping that you all can help. these are my two 9 week old cochins and a few folks have told me they look like roosters not hens!
they are so very sweet but i have only 9 birds, two others (a wyandotte and a rhode island which are CLEARLY roosters at 11 weeks -
so i am really hoping they are both girls!

this is "miss marge" - a blue splash (?)

this is "tish" - named after morticia adams - a black splash (?)

 

[CalebtheChicken]

1st one- 80% rooster
2nd one- 99.9% rooster

 

[vtgirls]

why so sure with tish (#2) ?
she (or he) is the best of my whole bunch but my kids like my other roos more - uh oh...

 

[elieugene6]

I would have to say at nine weeks those look like roosters. Sorry I have gotten more than my share of roos this year as well.

I am definitely not an expert yet but they have really large red combs and wattles just scream roo to me, but not a cochin expert either.

 

[The Lisser]

I'm no cochin expert, but those are awfully big & red combs and wattles for 9 weeks old. The second one looks like it has saddle feathers too. Sorry, I think they are males. Sure are pretty though!!

Melissa

 

[Bunnylady]

Combs like those at 9 weeks? Sorry, but those are roos! (You can also see the pointy hackle feathers on them, too).

 

[CalebtheChicken]

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Tish's hackles are just to pointy and he has male pattern feathers. Also, if raised right, roos can be VERY friendly. (mine isn't raised right, he's mean.)

 

[tberryer]

Yep, roos. The girls don't get red or large till near egg laying time.

 

[ourlittleflock]

roos - but absolutely beautiful birds!!!!! love cochins..

 

[dieselgrl48]

Yep Both roo's sorry.The comb's are way high and the wattle's are lower and droopy already and bright red.They are handsome though.I alway's liked mixing my cochin color's a lot and they are great for pairing up with frizzle hen's.They would make some nice color combination's for some hen's.The one look's to be a blue/black mix and the black one look's like a mix of black and silver laced.They are dapper looking roo's!