What are they? (Sexing and breed question)

[rechtash000]

I am at a loss here. I have two cochins that I cannot figure out what sex they are for the life of me. They gotta be about 4-6 weeks old by now. I am hoping at least one is a rooster, because I LOVE cochin roosters, and I need a man to protect my ladies. Help. Please!

Here's one:

And the other:

And now my breed question. What is the chick below? I got it from a batch that was supposed to be splash cochins and dark brahmas, but it is clearly neither of those, which does happen at the place I get them from. It's got fuzzy legs and is taller than my for sure cochins by quite a bit. Any ideas? (Sorry for bad photo, this one was not very cooperative)

TIA for any help. With my luck I pulled all hens from a bin of straight runs when I was going for a roo!

 

[Foxslayer16]

looks like all hens so far

 

[Foxslayer16]

same luck here i get all hens from straight runs when i want a rooster and when i dont want a rooster and get sexed pullets i get a ton of roosters

 

[rechtash000]

Haha exactly! I hate to admit it, but I agree that they are hens. I guess I'll just have to keep an eye on my chicken dealer. There is one more from the straight run group but it seems like a runt. Nearly a third the size of the rest. It's probably the rooster

 

[Little Jerry Seinfeld]

I am at a loss here. I have two cochins that I cannot figure out what sex they are for the life of me. They gotta be about 4-6 weeks old by now. I am hoping at least one is a rooster, because I LOVE cochin roosters, and I need a man to protect my ladies. Help. Please!

Here's one:
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And the other:

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And now my breed question. What is the chick below? I got it from a batch that was supposed to be splash cochins and dark brahmas, but it is clearly neither of those, which does happen at the place I get them from. It's got fuzzy legs and is taller than my for sure cochins by quite a bit. Any ideas? (Sorry for bad photo, this one was not very cooperative)

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TIA for any help. With my luck I pulled all hens from a bin of straight runs when I was going for a roo!

Oh I love your splash/mottled cochin! I want one!

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Your top two Cochins are most likely both cockerels.

Red Cochin

 

[rechtash000]

So recent development with my frizzle cochin... I think I have myself a strapping young cockerel. More color in wattles and comb, and more of them. The black one hasn't changed a bit so I'm still on the fence; the vote is 1 for pullet and 1 for cockerel. For Drizzle the Frizzle I'm throwing my hat in for roo, making it 1:2.

Red cochin, huh? My friend who got chickens from the same place thinks she got one, too. I actually didn't know they came in red, so that makes sense. Why in the world does it have barely any leg feathering, then? It's hard to see from the pics, but compared to the other cochins it's a huge difference. Can that happen?