ROO or Hen?

[Mercyanew]

Hello,
I am new here and new to raising chickens. At the end of May, I bought 8 chickens from Atwoods; 4 Eggers and 4 Rhode Island Reds. I now have 1 Egger Rooster and 3 hens. The RIR appear to all be Roos! 2 have crowed so I am sure of their sex, but I need help with these. Their tail feathers are shorter and no crowing yet. Also no brown eggs yet, just light blue from the Eggers.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Hello,
I am new here and new to raising chickens. At the end of May, I bought 8 chickens from Atwoods; 4 Eggers and 4 Rhode Island Reds. I now have 1 Egger Rooster and 3 hens. The RIR appear to all be Roos! 2 have crowed so I am sure of their sex, but I need help with these. Their tail feathers are shorter and no crowing yet. Also no brown eggs yet, just light blue from the Eggers.

Cockerels

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Hello,
I am new here and new to raising chickens. At the end of May, I bought 8 chickens from Atwoods; 4 Eggers and 4 Rhode Island Reds. I now have 1 Egger Rooster and 3 hens. The RIR appear to all be Roos! 2 have crowed so I am sure of their sex, but I need help with these. Their tail feathers are shorter and no crowing yet. Also no brown eggs yet, just light blue from the Eggers.

First: Welcome to BYC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Second, yes, those two birds pictured are cockerels. They won't be roosters until their a year old. Same with the pullets... they won't be hens until their a year old. Here's how you can tell that they're cockerels at this age.

 

[Mercyanew]

Thank you so much! That is what I thought. I guess it was wishful thinking. Atwoods is treating us right and offering 5 pellets or some feed. I am glad I found this forum.