Roo anxiety!

ZooMummzy

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Ever since getting one roo in my batch of first time chicks, I'm paranoid even though I'm pretty sure I have all girls. There was no mistaking he was a roo even at 3 months, but I've heard that sometimes it's not so obvious. The more I read here and look at pictures the crazier I get so I thought I'd just take some pictures of the hopefully girls tonight while I was in the coop. Help me out BYC experts? They are all just over 3 months old.

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This is Lottie, my Buff Orp. She sits in my lap or near me every night and coos to me.

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This is Jasmine and Nina, Black Sex Links. Neither of them had a white spot on their head as chicks. That's Alice, my other Buff Orp, with her head in the treat bowl, lol. She is a chow hound but the smallest of the bunch.

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This is Emmaline and Gertrude.
 
From what I can see I am going out on a limb and say all pullets.

When you post photos asking for gener ID you really need to do more than post the face with comb and wattles. I have hens you might think are roosters compared to other hens. Ideally we need to see a side shot with their saddle and tail feathers and feet and legs along with the front facing photos. A comb and wattle is not always an indication and in many breeds it is a combination of saddle/hackle feathering and feet and legs as well as body structure that aides in IDing them.

You'll know for sure when you get eggs
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