****Please tell me if you think these are roosters****

[Missouri Maiden]

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Yup

 

[TheDuckCrew]

they look like roos. adorable roos though!! i would take them in a second if you had to get rid of one but that would be if i had chickens....

 

[Bock_Bock]

i say cockerals too you can also see how light the barred rock is, usually the lighter ones are roos, hope you wanted some roos if not atleast you got yourself a dinner lol

 

[keysfarmgirl]

I appreciate all the input. I was really hoping they are not roos but the fighting made me doubt it.
I cannot keep roos. The neighbors would not be agreeable. Unfortunate too because they are beautiful and very, very sweet.
By the way, how old are they when they start to crow??

 

[Bock_Bock]

crowing happens at diffrent ages i have heard chicks try to crow as little as a couple weeks but then my rir roo was 16 weeks when i got rid of him and he never crowed so it is up to the bird when he decised to

 

[Sequin]

I am going to say one roo and one pullet. The darker of the two looks like a pullet to me judging by neck feathers, tail feathers(or lack thereof), comb and wattles. The fighting is no doubt deciding pecking order, but both roos and pullets can go through that. From what I have heard cockerels will get along ok enough if there are no hens around. My hens however squabbled with each other well enough when they were young and deciding their group order. It is a natural instinct to have a leader and order in their group. Beautiful birds though! What will you do with the roo?

 

[Harley's girl]

Where did you get them from. (BTW they are cockerels) I have sex links. And that is identical to what my cockerels look like that are from my Delaware (white one) and the black barred one is what the sex link cockerels from my barred rocks look like. If it were not 10 at night I would go take a pic to show you.

Here is what the pullets would be described as: to the white cockerel his pullet would red and the barred cockerel his pullet would black with a touch of brown in the breast.

 

[Sunny Side Up]

Judging by how bright red their combs/wattles are at this young age, I'm guessing they're roosters. But their body shapes are still so hen-ish I wouldn't bet the whole farm yet. Sometimes there will be an early-maturing hen whose comb/wattles turn red this soon.

Over the next few weeks you should be able to tell for sure. You may soon hear some thin & rusty crows coming from them early some morning. You can also part the feathers on their necks (hackles) and on their backs just in front of their tails (saddles) to look for pointy boy-feathers beginning to grow in. Look at pictures of full-grown roosters, notice the fringes of long thin feathers on their necks & saddles, only the males have these. If you see them starting to grow on your chicks, you know you've got roos.

Did I read it right, did you lose your last pullet chick? If so, I'm so sorry. Why don't you post a question about that, describe the symptoms, post some pictures of your coop & pen. Maybe we can put our collective heads together & help you figure out what happened.

 

[HorseFeathers]

Those are some big, red combs/wattles. I'd say both roos.

 

[geetabean]

I'm not experienced at this at ALL, but they both look like pullets to me. Are you sure that they are only 9 weeks old? Maybe they are older....that might explain the very red combs? Their stature just looks henish to me. But again, I'm new to chickens and all 9 of mine are probably Roos! lol Good luck, and let us know if they start crowing!!
Gina