students want to know..... I think that hen is a rooster

[SoPerr]

can you tell me what these are?
I think the blonde is a rooster.... based on the wing feather length.... the rest I thought were hens, but one of them seems to be getting a bigger comb than I thought a girl should have.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

The buff doesn't show any obvious cockerel characteristics yet, but the lighter barred bird (black and white) does.

 

[HighStreetCoop]

I would say the buff is a pullet (you can't feather sex orps, but the girls do tend to feather in faster). And I second @Ol Grey Mare on the lighter barred bird. Totally a cockerel.

 

[SoPerr]

OH- forgot to mention the birds are about 4 weeks old.
What breed is the little brownie? (She was the first chicken hatched.)

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

OH- forgot to mention the birds are about 4 weeks old.
What breed is the little brownie? (She was the first chicken hatched.)

Is Brownie the little one in the front/center (looks like she has eye-liner on)? It looks like her legs are greenish color and she has puffy cheeks, but that could just be the photo - if she does, she is likely an Easter Egger.

 

[SoPerr]

Yes, sitting in front of the duck
and she does have greenish legs. Thanks

 

[SoPerr]

The buff doesn't show any obvious cockerel characteristics yet, but the lighter barred bird (black and white) does.

yeah, that's the one I though was getting a bigger comb that I thought a hen should have.
Thanks- when they student pick their bird to take home, I want to be able to tell them somewhat accurately what it is.

 

[BantamLover21]

The buff doesn't show any obvious cockerel characteristics yet, but the lighter barred bird (black and white) does.

Is Brownie the little one in the front/center (looks like she has eye-liner on)? It looks like her legs are greenish color and she has puffy cheeks, but that could just be the photo - if she does, she is likely an Easter Egger.

I agree.

 

[junebuggena]

The barred rock with more white is the obvious cockerel. Everyone else have small, yellow girly combs.

 

[Wyandottes7]

I agree.

So do I.