Roosters? When can you tell???

[Brian]

My chicks are 4 weeks old. I see no obvious comb, spurs, or cockadoodle-doos. Are we safe then???
Brian

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

what breed are they? sometimes it can take up to 6 weeks

 

[crysmom]

umm I had a cochin bantam that I didn't know was a roo until he finally crowed at 18 weeks ....

 

[speckledhen]

Dont get spurs till they're at least six to eight months old, either. You are SO not out of the woods, LOL!

 

[Tuffoldhen]

Got to let us know what kind you have.... and pics help....

 

[Brian]

The latest pics can be seen toward the bottom of this page:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=4234-Brian's_Chicks

I have rir, barred rock, buff orp, bk austral, delaware, EE.

Brian

 

[LilPeeps]

It's difficult to tell, but it looks like you have at least 2 roos in the bunch. Maybe you could try to get pics of each bird individually.

 

[Scrambled Egg]

For me, it wsn't until he crowed, lol!! Boy that's a newbie for ya!!! Looking back now with the differences in his colors, I should have known from day one!!! I have learned quite alot about chickens this past year!!!!

 

[texaschickmama]

I was pretty much sure I had a BO roo at 11 wks. Compared to the pullets he had a much bigger comb. He did not crow until he was like 7 months old.

 

[Brian]

Geez...how can you tell? That was fast.