*Edited-I think I have 3 Roos?!

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Started out with six chicks. The Spitzhauben is definitely a rooster as he has attempted to crow at a very young age (about four weeks). The other two show roo characteristics from what I’m reading. Fingers crossed that I’m wrong or if I’m not wrong, we stop at three roos 😔.
I have two Easter Eggers, 2 Svart Hona’s and 2 Spitzhauben’s. I tried to take pictures of the two side by side or post them side by side so potential differences can be seen. They’re all between 5-7 weeks old I believe.

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Is the last one a polish? With my experience, hens have that kind of head puffs where roosters look like David Bowie from the Labrynth. I can’t really tell in the other pictures but it looks like the second one is a cockerel but I can’t be sure. How old are they and what breeds are they?
 
Without knowing the age, I think the only boy is the Ayan Cemani. (It is an Ayan Cemani, right??) I think the polish look like girls too. But what age are they?
 
I don't think your brown chick is a rooster. I'd expect to see more red in the feathers and also as a pea comb I'd expect to see three rows of "peas". I don't know enough about Polish to say boy or girl- mine kept me guessing for many weeks (and were both boys!!).
 
Started out with six chicks. One is definitely a rooster as he has attempted to crow at a very young age. The other two show roo characteristics from what I’m reading. Fingers crossed that I’m wrong or if I’m not wrong, we stop at three roos 😔.
First pic of the entire flock. Next three, suspected cockerels.

If you've got 2 of each breed, what I would do is take a picture with the 2 polish together and so on- then compare leg size and overall body shape. If they're about even, they're likely the same sex. There are exceptions, but comparisons can be useful.
 
don't think your brown chick is a rooster. I'd expect to see more red in the feathers and also as a pea comb I'd expect to see three rows of "peas". I don't know enough about Polish to say boy or girl- mine kept me guessing for many weeks (and were both boys!!)

You're right. The brown chick definitely isn't. :yesss:

Not bad that out of 6 you have one definite rooster and one possible. I usually get all boys... but I still think you have one & the polish is a girl.
I've never had any polish. But there is no wattle development that I can see, the head isn't too poofy.... With the Ayan having a fair amount of comb development it looks like the polish are girls.
 
What beautiful chickens you have! Without knowing their ages they all look like they could be girls. Is the brown chick an EE? She's definitely a pullet. The other two I've never had experience with, but the Spitzhauben looks very girlish.
 

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