Updated Photos: three 6-week old roosters?!

[thronesandroses]

One of our hens hatched 3 chicks a little over 6 weeks ago. They are ayam cemani and leghorn mixes. Unfortunately today they all started fighting and drew blood so I had to separate them all in different pens for the day.

Are all 3 roosters, or are they just maturing faster because they are leghorns? Too soon to tell? Is it normal for 6 week olds to fight so aggressively?

 

[Mamatomany123]

All 3 look like cockerels

 

[Acre4Me]

Leghorns do develop quickly, however, they have a lot of wattle growth for 6 weeks if they were full Leghorns….But, since they are mixed, that is really a lot of wattle growth! I suspect all 3 are males based on that at this age.

 

[thronesandroses]

All 3 look like cockerels

Thanks! Do you happen to know when we will need to fully separate them? Since they are already fighting, do we need to give them away or can we wait until they are older?

 

[Mamatomany123]

Thanks! Do you happen to know when we will need to fully separate them? Since they are already fighting, do we need to give them away or can we wait until they are older?

If they're fighting I would go ahead and seperate them now. Sometimes you never need to seperate cockerels. Some people even have bachelor pads.

 

[Painted Calls]

Definitely cockerels.

 

[InterestingChickens]

The fighting may just be them figuring out the pecking order. This will happen with cockerel's as well as hens. They may be okay with each other, just watch them carefully. If you are able too keep them all you could look into keeping them together in a rooster flock. @RoostersAreAwesome has a great article about it: Rooster Flocks

 

[HappyClucker7]

All 3 are cockerels.