Seven-week old chicks...breeds...gender?

[TwinkleUp]

I bought these cuties yesterday from someone on Craigslist. He said he didn’t know the breeds, claims they are pullets, but I’m not sure of that either. Any thoughts?

 

[Mr Beaks]

I think he may have passed his cockerels onto you. Let's see what others say.

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Oh boy! You were lied to! You have two cockerels on your hands. Sorry!

 

[em_dawson]

Yep. Two cockerels... uh oh!!

 

[TwinkleUp]

That’s what I was afraid of. Any speculation on the breed(s)? My chicken FB groups is going with EE on the red one, and several opinions on the black and white one.

 

[Big Doggie]

How can you tell what they are at this stage. I’m curious as a new guy here.

 

[NatJ]

How can you tell what they are at this stage. I’m curious as a new guy here.

In general: comb size, comb color, wattle size/color, feather shape, feather color

Feather shape: saddle and hackle feathers have pointed ends in males over a certain age, rounded ends in females.

Feather color: certain colors and patterns are gender-specific, and certain breeds or hybrids have males and females with different colors or different patterns of color.

For these particular birds, I see combs that are large for birds of that age, and that are red or dark pink (pullet combs would probably be smaller and look yellow or light pink), and I think I see pointed saddle and hackle feathers coming in on the white/gray bird.

Other posters may have noticed different details than I did about these particular birds, and may look for other details that I neglected to mention in my general list.

 

[Big Doggie]

In general: comb size, comb color, wattle size/color, feather shape, feather color

Feather shape: saddle and hackle feathers have pointed ends in males over a certain age, rounded ends in females.

Feather color: certain colors and patterns are gender-specific, and certain breeds or hybrids have males and females with different colors or different patterns of color.

For these particular birds, I see combs that are large for birds of that age, and that are red or dark pink (pullet combs would probably be smaller and look yellow or light pink), and I think I see pointed saddle and hackle feathers coming in on the white/gray bird.

Other posters may have noticed different details than I did about these particular birds, and may look for other details that I neglected to mention in my general list.

You have a trained eye.