Hen or Rooster Game

[Meangel]

I have been playing this game with friends and fellow chicken fans for weeks now:
We looked at comb size and position, we looked at feathers and cape, leg and spur size....no consensus. I am getting impatient.
It doesn't matter, they live here now. Not going to harvest. But I have a "need to know" temperment. LOL
Info -

• March 21 -purchased 5 chicks (?) from strait run mixed breed farm. We use our combined efforts to select pullet choices. Not sure of breeds (he mentioned Orpington and Americauna). It was raining and I didn't go see the flock. - 4 to 6 wks old (I think, they had most of their adults feather with a little chick down left)
• May 7, 2020- 3 to 4 months (at least).
• They have been fully feathered for weeks.
• No eggs and no crowing.

Hen or Rooster?
Note: Chickie 1 is half the size - so I am guessing a bantam cross?

Thanks for playing!
Confused

 

[sourland]

The first four are cockerels. I am not certain about # 5. Is he/she the same age as the others ?

 

[Mamatomany123]

1-4 cockerels
5 may be a pullet. Not sure.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Gonna say all cockerels. Some Easter Eggers are slow to mature. I had one Easter Egger cockerel take upto 6 months to get his rooster plumage.

A giveaway is the comb on the red one.

 

[Meangel]

The first four are cockerels. I am not certain about # 5. Is he/she the same age as the others ?

Just for my edification, what are you seeing?

 

[Meangel]

The first four are cockerels. I am not certain about # 5. Is he/she the same age as the others ?

unsure - they seemed to be the same size, they were all in a brooder together.
I would assume they were hatched in close time frame.

 

[Mamatomany123]

Looking back at 5, I'm thinking hes a cockerel also. I'm looking at size if legs and tail feathers. 1-4 I'm positive are males.

 

[Meangel]

Chickie 5 seems to be getting some attitude - puffing the neck feathers and jumping at others. So....based on the consensus and his recent behavior....I think I hit the cockerel jackpot!! LOL

When do they start crowing? I would have thought somebody would make some noise. They little is still chirping like a chick. They others stopped making chick noises weeks ago.

 

[Mamatomany123]

Chickie 5 seems to be getting some attitude - puffing the neck feathers and jumping at others. So....based on the consensus and his recent behavior....I think I hit the cockerel jackpot!! LOL

When do they start crowing? I would have thought somebody would make some noise. They little is still chirping like a chick. They others stopped making chick noises weeks ago.

Probably any day now. Especially now that you asked

 

[sourland]

Just for my edification, what are you seeing?

Comb size, stance, and the appearance of male specific feathering. Pullets as well as cockerels neck flare and mock fight. But like the others here, I lean cockerel on # 5.