The dreaded question.. sex this please!

[ShrekDawg]

I’m confused. Am I understanding that Easter Egger pullets aren’t usually red? I have two others that look exactly like her (1st pic). I was trying to determine the sex of my eight week old chick from this girl (2nd pic), and the two () replies I got said cockerel. What am I missing here?
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It’s uneven, splotchy read and in specific areas. That orangey buff color is very common among females but it’s when they get the darker red and/or get it over the wing bows etc. instead of the whole body being even and uniform. That said, if your birds are truly only 8 weeks old then I think they might both be boys. But time will tell.

 

[Tumbleweedlynn]

Your birds are beautiful

Thank you! I guess I’ll find out if my baby is a cockerel when he starts crowing

 

[Tumbleweedlynn]

Red in particular areas. But red in amounts like this 4 week old, is usually a male.
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Wow, he’s a looker

 

[Tumbleweedlynn]

It’s uneven, splotchy read and in specific areas. That orangey buff color is very common among females but it’s when they get the darker red and/or get it over the wing bows etc. instead of the whole body being even and uniform. That said, if your birds are truly only 8 weeks old then I think they might both be boys. But time will tell.

The one I’m holding is 10 months old and laying eggs, the darker small one is her baby.

 

[ShrekDawg]

The one I’m holding is 10 months old and laying eggs, the darker small one is her baby.

Ohhhhhhh okay. Sorrry, must’ve misread then.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Wow, he’s a looker

Thanks, & unfortunately I wasn't able to rehome him, so he became soup.

 

[Tumbleweedlynn]

Thanks, & unfortunately I wasn't able to rehome him, so he became soup.

C’est la vie!

 

[Shabby Chic-Hens]

Cockerel

 

[MysteryChicken]

C’est la vie!

What does that mean?

 

[Tumbleweedlynn]

What does that mean?

Such is life