Unsure of breed and gender

[mulambo28]

Hello, I previously posted about these chicks in a different thread thinking they were something else but am still unsure what breed or gender they are. I bought 4 from a blue egg layer bin and 4 from a green egg layer bin. 4 have straight combs and 4 have pea combs. They're all about 8 weeks now.

Roxanne, Grey, and Wendy:
I believe these 3 are pullets. The grey one has a pea comb and the yellow one has a straight comb.

Penny:
This one is the friendliest of the bunch (loves to be held) I originally thought pullet, but all of the dark coming in on the wings is worrying me.





Alejandro:
I've been thinking this one was a cockerel for a while because of it's random black feathers in the wing and red chest.





Black Betty:
I thought this one was a pullet, but now the tail feathers are noticeably longer than any of the other chicks.





Elvira:

Elvira (back) & Summer (front):


Red:
Suspect cockerel.




Thank you for your help!

 

[iwiw60]

Black Betty just might be a ROO in the makin' ...

 

[Mountain Peeps]

Their combs say girls but their saddle feathers all say boys. Keep watching them and see if they round out (which means they are girls) or if they keep looking pointy. (Which means they are boys. )

 

[Reurra]

Im going to say Alejandro is a boy, he has a couple of sharp feathers on his back, but lacks much of the reddening on his shoulders.

The first 3 pictures are harder to tell.

Betty and Elvira look like girls. Though the saddle feathers look thin, they are not dagger sharp.

Red looks like a boy, the dark red shoulders, huge feet, tall comb, sharp feathers on the back. Summer suspiciously looks like a boy.

Most females will have penciled and regular patterns to the feathers, while boys will often come in multi colored hippy tie-die. Red on the shoulders and chest are pretty good indicators.

Also, for pea comb birds, check the rows of peas on the comb. A straight single row means a girl while a row of 3 with the center row raised will usually be a boy.

My pullets had back feathers like that long but rounded at the end, my cockerels had dagger sharp feathering from the minute they sprouted.




This is my girl, she reddened really fast in the comb.

 

[mulambo28]

Thank you! I'll keep an eye out for those dagger sharp saddle feathers. I'm still crossing my fingers I have more than 4 hens from the 10 chicks I bought.