Roo's or Hen's? Help please

[georgiapumpkin]

Hey,
I have a mixture of Americaunas, Light Brahma's, Barred Rock, white leghorns, Pearl Star Leghorns.
I ordered all females but now I'm wondering if I don't have one or two males mixed in. There 3 months old and one Americauna ( silver one) crows in the mornings.
2 of the light Brahma's coloring on there face is a darker red than the other two and the brown speckled Americauna's tail definitely looks like a rooster. She's completely different than her sisters.
I bought 3 of each breed.
I was just hoping if I took some good pictures maybe one of y'all could help me determine if I do have some rooster's.

Thanks

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Hey,
I have a mixture of Americaunas, Light Brahma's, Barred Rock, white leghorns, Pearl Star Leghorns.
I ordered all females but now I'm wondering if I don't have one or two males mixed in. There 3 months old and one Americauna ( silver one) crows in the mornings.
2 of the light Brahma's coloring on there face is a darker red than the other two and the brown speckled Americauna's tail definitely looks like a rooster. She's completely different than her sisters.
I bought 3 of each breed.
I was just hoping if I took some good pictures maybe one of y'all could help me determine if I do have some rooster's.

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The first two pictures are of male Easter Eggers.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

If you lived close enough, I'd take that first one in a heartbeat

Sexed pullets usually have a 10% chance of being male, unfortunately

 

[Tonyroo]

Your first pic of the rooster is very pretty. Second one is a rooster also.

 

[Pullet Press]

He has the sickle feathers. Yup, it's a he. Really pretty roo, though.

 

[rosemarythyme]

First 2 definitely males. Just so you know what to look for: #1 has patchy rust colored feathers on wings, which is a male trait. #2 has an obvious male tail, plus pointed hackle and sickle feathers.

 

[Pullet Press]

Ah, crowing roosters. My neighbor's got a cockerel (ordered all pullets, got a rooster in the bunch) who crows around 9 every morning. Hearing a rooster crowing makes my day. By the way, Owlie is a very nice name. It fits him.

 

[georgiapumpkin]

We're in this together, then. This is my first time raising roos btw. Roosters (like you already know) crow, which might annoy neighbors if you're in town. You probably know that they fertilize eggs, so you can incubate them and raise more chicks (Owlie's coloring should be passed down). Roosters can be aggressive, mind you, but other than that, they aren't really different.

My husband retired last April and we bought a lot of land. After 30 years of moving all over I finally got me some chickens. I was raised on a farm when I was little and all I know is that rooster's crow in the mornings which always irritated me as a kid especially when Saturday mornings I wanted to sleep in. Lol
Maybe I should learn more about hatching eggs and all since it seems he's pretty good looking

 

[Ruthster55]

My husband retired last April and we bought a lot of land. After 30 years of moving all over I finally got me some chickens. I was raised on a farm when I was little and all I know is that rooster's crow in the mornings which always irritated me as a kid especially when Saturday mornings I wanted to sleep in. Lol
Maybe I should learn more about hatching eggs and all since it seems he's pretty good looking

On the new piece of land....

Try to build some predator-safe housing

Then decide what breed of chickens you like (or barnyard mix)

 

[Pullet Press]

The first one could be a roo, and the 2nd is definitely a rooster. The last one is a female.