Skinny 11 week old flock

[SoManyQuestions]

The other grey and white one has a distinct Cujo three row 3comb so that means boy right?

 

[junebuggena]

The other grey and white one has a distinct Cujo three row 3comb so that means boy right?

Not always. I've had plenty of Easter Egger pullets with three row combs, and cockerels with a single row.

 

[SoManyQuestions]

 

[SoManyQuestions]

 

[junebuggena]

Random red through the wing/shoulder area. That means cockerel for sure.

 

[AshlyMommaWard]

The orange colored bird still has me a bit stumped, the overall color is more uniform, but looks a bit deeper in the wings. I still can't say cockerel for sure, and am hoping pullet for you. First grey one I'm leaning towards pullet.
Second grey one has the red coming in. Cockerel.
My main breed focus is Easter eggers, and I can sight sex them from hatch at about 90% accuracy, I can't help but wonder where you got these, and how you had such bad luck? Maybe I'm just too cynical, but if I'd raised those birds for four weeks, I'd have known they were mostly cockerels before selling them to you (which I wouldn't have done, under the pretense of st run or otherwise, would have advertised cockerels).
I hope you have a solution in mind for when their hormones start raging.
So sorry for your luck, but if you're going to keep one, youve got some beautiful boys to choose from.

 

[SoManyQuestions]

The orange colored bird still has me a bit stumped, the overall color is more uniform, but looks a bit deeper in the wings. I still can't say cockerel for sure, and am hoping pullet for you. First grey one I'm leaning towards pullet.
Second grey one has the red coming in. Cockerel.
My main breed focus is Easter eggers, and I can sight sex them from hatch at about 90% accuracy, I can't help but wonder where you got these, and how you had such bad luck? Maybe I'm just too cynical, but if I'd raised those birds for four weeks, I'd have known they were mostly cockerels before selling them to you (which I wouldn't have done, under the pretense of st run or otherwise, would have advertised cockerels).
I hope you have a solution in mind for when their hormones start raging.
So sorry for your luck, but if you're going to keep one, youve got some beautiful boys to choose from.

I got them from a lady on a local chicken page that has a "farm". I got there and she had some chickens(including these) in a mobile trailer brooder,1 baby pig in a tiny like dog cage, some rabbits also in the tralier, and ten chickens in a pin in the yard that were hers.. Said they were there temporarily between mooching to new land. She told me they had been sexed when they were a day old as one roo and 5 hens, but she wouldn't guarantee it. As I was leaving she made some comment about how they were going to keep them to start breeding more themselves but decided it wasn't enough to start with.. I should have known right then something was up and left them there. Once I know for sure what they are I'm going to leave a review on her page but I'm certain she knew what she was selling me. They are all really beautiful I have no idea how I'm going to decide which one to keep! How many hens does each rooster need if I was to keep more than one?

 

[SoManyQuestions]

Thank you for all your help and advice! !

 

[junebuggena]

I got them from a lady on a local chicken page that has a "farm". I got there and she had some chickens(including these) in a mobile trailer brooder,1 baby pig in a tiny like dog cage, some rabbits also in the tralier, and ten chickens in a pin in the yard that were hers.. Said they were there temporarily between mooching to new land. She told me they had been sexed when they were a day old as one roo and 5 hens, but she wouldn't guarantee it. As I was leaving she made some comment about how they were going to keep them to start breeding more themselves but decided it wasn't enough to start with.. I should have known right then something was up and left them there. Once I know for sure what they are I'm going to leave a review on her page but I'm certain she knew what she was selling me. They are all really beautiful I have no idea how I'm going to decide which one to keep! How many hens does each rooster need if I was to keep more than one?

About 8 to 10 hens per rooster is average. Some need more, some are fine with just a few.

 

[AshlyMommaWard]

I'm so sorry a fellow chicken person did you wrong. There are people in every trade looking to make a buck of of something shoddy, it's unfortunate and infuriating when it happens to us.
Definitely leave a poor review, especially if you paid a premium for birds that age. If they were real cheap, it may have been her tiny conscience keeping her from making pullet money off of known cockerels. Sounds like she had poorly managed animals. I hope you learned something valuable, if you ever go to buy birds and are uncomfortable with the care or practice of the breeders or farm, you never HAVE to buy something. That good old "I've got some other options I need to look at first before I decide" works for chickens, cars, everything.
I successfully kept two cockerels that were raised together with as few as 14 pullets at one point, the dominant cockerel was very tolerant of the submissive one, permitted him to eat, drink and sleep peacefully. Never saw them scuffle, but the lesser never tried to breed that I know of. Even after I re homed the dominant one (hated my toddler on his bike) the lesser still didn't have the respect of most hens and didn't mate but about 2 of them. The point I'm trying to get across, is it's possible to keep more than one cockerel who've been raised together with less than the recommended amount of girls, especially IF only one is breeding them, which often isn't the case from what most people say. But you've got to decide why you wanted chickens, if you're frugal or looking for healthy food for your family, an extra cockerel does nothing for you. If you want eye candy to watch and enjoy, he may. But above all, if you want happy birds, it's a risk. It doesn't hurt to try as long as you're prepared with a plan B for if things go south.
Edited to add: if you'd like more info on what to watch for that constitutes "things going south" let us know, many people here are glad to help.