These are boys, right?

So pretty!

I'd love for any of mine to be girls, but not holding my breath. And I don't need 4 boys!! I'd just hate to jump the gun and accidentally give away girls...
I think it's safe to say you have boys, Pretty ones at that. If you lived near me i'd take the first one in a heart beat :love
 
It's not the type of comb, it's the amount of color on it at 2 months old that's the problem. Can you do a full body side shot so we can see if they have any tell tale male feathers? Most likely, those are cockerels. But I did have some wyanodotte pullets pink up early. Top left is definitely male because of his coloring.
 
They are cockerels, and have pea combs. The male feathering - the long and stringy hackle, saddle and sickle feathers - start coming in when they are 10-12 weeks old and might not be obvious for a while after that, so you can only go off comb size and color right now.
 
In fairness, I haven't posted pics of the 2 who appear to actually be girls - their combs are much smaller and not at all red.

I guess I'm wondering if there's any chance of them developing at such different rates that they'd fool me into thinking they were boys. Only 2 exhibit the classic boy - chest bumping, neck feather flaring - behaviour.
 

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