Roo or hen?

[PJinx]

Hello, i have 2 buff orpington hen/splash orpington rooster cross chicks and they are 7 weeks about and i was tring to decide if i have roosters or hens. Any help wpuld be appreciated. One has a tail which i think is a hen and the other does not yet which i think may be a rooster (i only think becaus eof the chicks stance and ebery time i have had orpington chicks the rooster of the group has no tail till older) 1st pic jas tail 2nd has no tail

 

[CrazyForMyPeeps802]

With the size and color of their combs I'm leaning towards cockerel for both.

 

[SilverBirds]

Agreed, both appear to be cockerels.

 

[C Siena]

Hello, i have 2 buff orpington hen/splash orpington rooster cross chicks and they are 7 weeks about and i was tring to decide if i have roosters or hens. Any help wpuld be appreciated. One has a tail which i think is a hen and the other does not yet which i think may be a rooster (i only think becaus eof the chicks stance and ebery time i have had orpington chicks the rooster of the group has no tail till older) 1st pic jas tail 2nd has no tail

What are the eggs at the bottom of the pics?
One is open and the other has yolk.

 

[PJinx]

What are the eggs at the bottom of the pics?
One is open and the other has yolk.

Some older eggs the older birds had hidden in the coop so i threw them out in the run since i wasnot sure how long they had been in the coop but i was sure it was atleast 5days and max 12

 

[PJinx]

With the size and color of their combs I'm leaning towards cockerel for both.

See the Combs making me suspicious but I do know that I have had hens in the past with my hatching that they're Combs looked really big and I thought that they are going to be roosters but they never were the only definitive thing that I've always had happen is that the one without a tail has been a rooster and all the others have been hens that's like the number one sign that I've had that I have a rooster

 

[PJinx]

Agreed, both appear to be cockerels.

See the Combs making me suspicious but I do know that I have had hens in the past with my hatching that they're Combs looked really big and I thought that they are going to be roosters but they never were the only definitive thing that I've always had happen is that the one without a tail has been a rooster and all the others have been hens that's like the number one sign that I've had that I have a rooster

 

[C Siena]

Some older eggs the older birds had hidden in the coop so i threw them out in the run since i wasnot sure how long they had been in the coop but i was sure it was atleast 5days and max 12

Thanks. I'm still learning but I thought one should crush/break up shells of the eggs so they didn't "look" like whole eggs.

 

[PJinx]

Thanks. I'm still learning but I thought one should crush/break up shells of the eggs so they didn't "look" like whole eggs.

You can do that if it makes you feel better. My hands and my rooster have never had a problem breaking eggs so I'm not too concerned about it but if it's something that you're worried about you're doing or don't want them to potentially start then I would say yeah you can crush them up a little bit better

 

[SilverBirds]

See the Combs making me suspicious but I do know that I have had hens in the past with my hatching that they're Combs looked really big and I thought that they are going to be roosters but they never were the only definitive thing that I've always had happen is that the one without a tail has been a rooster and all the others have been hens that's like the number one sign that I've had that I have a rooster

How old are these guys? You can try reposting more pictures of them in about 2 weeks and see if the consensus is still the same.