What gender are we -- 8 week old EE

[SJensen]

Hello,

Two chicks hatched at the end of June -- the one with green legs -- pictured first -- still has a small pale comb. The one with the yellow legs has had a reddish comb for a couple weeks, but it looks the same to me as the one with green legs.

Any chance the one with yellow legs is a pullet?

 

[hdowden]

1st looks like a cockerel and the 2nd a pullet but with white ee's they can be hard to sex

 

[SJensen]

Does anyone else think the 2nd is a pullet (the one with the yellow legs)?

 

[donrae]

Wow--I'm so on the fence with this one! The amount of color in the comb and the reddish coloring coming in tells me male, but the leg thickness and just overall look of the bird tells me female. Can you post again in 3 weeks or so?

 

[SJensen]

Yes thank you, I will post again when it looks a little different.

 

[Lots A Cluckin]

I say both pullets...I was looking at the pics for a good 5 min. and going back and forth on the on with the green legs...but if it were a rooster it would have a big bright red comb by now and should be crowing...I know my ee roosters combs were big and bright red by 5 weeks old and they crowed at 6 weeks.

 

[Lots A Cluckin]

but still do post updated pics in a couple of weeks and we should be able to give you a for sure answer

 

[hdowden]

I say both pullets...I was looking at the pics for a good 5 min. and going back and forth on the on with the green legs...but if it were a rooster it would have a big bright red comb by now and should be crowing...I know my ee roosters combs were big and bright red by 5 weeks old and they crowed at 6 weeks.

this is not true for every chicken

 

[Lots A Cluckin]

Yes I know...but most would at least have bigger combs than what they have.

 

[SJensen]

Thank you for your replies -- it seems the jury's still out... Here are a couple more pics -- still at 8.5 weeks.

The one with the yellow legs has had a reddish comb for a couple of weeks.