Rooster or hen? Help

[BYC910]

Look like roos to me too . If the roosters are raised together so the pecking order is set early on shouldn't be to big a problem .They do need enough room to be able to get out of each others way .

 

[sassysarah]

View attachment 1037665 View attachment 1037666 View attachment 1037667 View attachment 1037668 View attachment 1037669 I have 3 chickens that I am unsure of. I am 95% sure the bantam is a roo but the other two I am hoping are hens but it's not looking good. We already have a bantam roo that will be staying, he is my sons chicken. I started with 11 babies and I know for sure 2 are roos as they have crowed. The other 3 have been silent so far. The barred has the "cocky" attitude but the buff is calm and silent and not pushy at all. So I hope they are girls.

All boys.

 

[Faraday40]

I also have multiple roos & found it better to have 2 than one. (as long as you have 10 or more hens) When I had only one male, he developed a god complex around age 8 mo. He was not aggressive all the time, but pretty unpredictable. We have kids, so the roo had to go before we had an incident. The children were afraid to help out with the chicken chores, so again, we had to get rid of him.

That summer we hatched more chicks & kept 2 boys. I had trouble narrowing it down to one male. The brothers must have worked out the pecking order while still in the brooder because they never fought. They always got along and worked together as a team.

 

[sassysarah]

 

[Chickletmomma]

Do you plan on keeping them in the same coop?
Or separate coops?

Yes they will all be living together. As of wake up time this morning 3 bantams have crowed and the buff is thinking about it.

 

[guinealeghorn]

My bantam roos are fine together. They get along most of the time, but they were raised together. If yours were not raised together, I don't know if they will get along. About how big is your coop? Do they have room to get away from each other?

 

[Chickletmomma]

My bantam roos are fine together. They get along most of the time, but they were raised together. If yours were not raised together, I don't know if they will get along. About how big is your coop? Do they have room to get away from each other?

They all have grown up together since about 2 weeks old I think the coop is 4x8 maybe. They could probably get away but they are already squabbling if the others try to crow the main one won't let them. I think I have homes for everyone right now as long as they all follow through. I have noticed the other two bantams do not like to be held as much as the main rooster.

 

[New chicken family 2017]

Can somebody please help me identify the gender. Hatched in March.

 

[guinealeghorn]

I hope they get good homes. I have a dominant rooster, too. He doesn't stop the others from crowing, though.

 

[guinealeghorn]

Can somebody please help me identify the gender. Hatched in March.

I'm no expert, but it looks like a hen to me.