TOO MANY CHICKENS. I need help identifying hens or roos & I need to get rid of some chickens.

[VeniceChicks]

Hello,
I have posted photos before, but not in a couple weeks. I have 5 laying chicken. This spring two went broody & I got fertilized eggs to put under them. They were great mamas & 6 hatched - 4 lavender orphingtons & 2 marans.

They were born June 20 - 21. So 11 chickens is too many for me. Need to get rid of 4 for sure. I would love to keep the blue maran - hope she's a she. She is lovely.

This post will have photos of a blue copper maran, black copper maran & a lavender orphington. The orphington barely has a tail which I find strange. Any ideas or help identifying hens or roos would be appreciated.

Also, if I am taking photos of the wrong area of the hen, please let me know. They are tough to get photos of, but I'm eager for some advise and will try try try. Thanks.

I'll post again with the other pullets in the next post.

Thank you very much for any advise.

 

[downsm75]

Look like hens... I could be wrong

 

[Sk8inChick(en)]

Yes, they look like pullets to me, but I can't say for sure. What beautiful birds you have, though!

 

[hdowden]

those are all pullets and should lay you some nice brown eggs. the combs and wattles are nice and small, if they were cockerels the combs and wattles would be much bigger and redder than they are

 

[VeniceChicks]

Thank you very much for you replies. I agree, I think they are lovely. Wish I could keep them all, but can't.
Here are a few more photos. these are three different orphingtons.

I live in Venice, CA and I happy to share my birds with a good home if anyone is interested. I'm keeping the maran's if they're hens of course.

Again, Thanks!!

 

[downsm75]

#1 & 2 look like boys... HOWEVER, orps are hard for me... I can't even look at my own 3 and figure them out.

 

[downsm75]

#3 does too..

 

[VeniceChicks]

Thanks. I thought the first one for sure also.

Easier to figure out which ones to find homes for. I can't have roosters here in Venice.
But - what do I do with them?? Any suggestions?

 

[hdowden]

the first 3 look like cockerels

 

[downsm75]

Craigslist. Don't give them free, people may not always have good intentions with free animals.