Buff orp & EE Gender help please?

[jmjanda0624]

They're about 5 weeks old. We were told female but not sure. Thank you!

 

[21hens-incharge]

I am pretty certain it is a girl.

 

[Rowsdower]

Three rows of peas in a comb at that age is surely a cockerel.

 

[highrockieschic]

Your buff orpington looks to be a pullet. The EE is definitely a cockerel. Easter egger pullets have a consistent pattern in their feathering. And if they are multicolored the colors blend gradually from one to the next. Cockerels have splotchy coloring and eventually get red splotchy feathers on their wings. I had one last year that turned out to be a cockerel. They are pretty easy to sex. Here are pics I took when they were young. The close up of the feathers shows the red on the wings. And in the full body shot you can see the splotchy colors: the white spots randomly in the upper part of the wing. The red didn't start coming in until he was a few weeks older. My EE was tougher to figure out this young. Yours has VERY splotchy coloring and it is definitely a cockerel. Sorry.




Here is a pullet. Notice the consistent patterning and gradual color change.


And here is one of my buff pullets. Mine had a little pink under the chin, but didn't get red until they were ready to lay.

 

[Chicken Girl1]

They don't seem to have any signs of being cockerels yet but they may in a couple a weeks so could you post again then?

 

[Treegod]

For a complete stab in the dark, I would say the darker one's male and the lighter one female, but only for one (unreliable) factor: shorter tail feathers in male.

But as Chicken Girl says, take some more pics in a couple of weeks.It'll be interesting to see what they become.

 

[Rowsdower]

The patterning/color on the EE is screaming cockerel.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Can you get a clear shot of the "EE" head from the side and also showing the developing comb from the front/top?

 

[BantamLover21]

They look like pullets for now, but they're too young to be sure.

 

[jmjanda0624]

Can you get a clear shot of the "EE" head from the side and also showing the developing comb from the front/top? 

Sorry if the pictures aren't good, thank you!