Gender guesses please! (EEs) Please help--rehoming any roos laters today

Do I have a rooster?

  • Yes, the white EE is a rooster.

    Votes: 2 100.0%

  • Yes, the other EE is a rooster.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Yes, they are both roosters.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
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All help is greatly appreciated as I have an opportunity to rehome my boys today, but have a few that I can't quite determine yet. They are both approx. 5/6 wks old.

Two chickens in question:

1) "Millie" or "Mickey"? Ameraucana or EE? (The "fluffy tail" is the 2nd photo isn't him/her. It's a white frizzle bantam cochin standing behind her/him.)









2) "Dottie" or "Donny"? Ameraucana or EE?







Thank you!!!
 
Any gender guesses? They were supposed to be pullets, but I have my doubts. The white one constantly runs between me and the other chickens, has tried to bite me, and seems to have a pink comb. The other stands like a rooster sometimes, very upright with a more upright tail.

Thanks @ramirezframing for the confirmation of EE.
 
I agree, both EE (the green legs are a giveaway :) ).

Re: sex - to early to tell for sure. They have a huge variance in personality & genetics- and with EE's the combs are SO variable... the one with the pinkish comb could just have a hybrid comb. I have hens with both small and large pea combs that developed at different rates. Do you have EE pullets to compare feet/shank size to? An obvious difference *might* be a clue. They look fairly dainty/girly at first glance though.

I am not sure about this, but I have heard people say that the color type on your second chick (the brown one) is a typical pullet coloration. I don't know about the white.

They both look pretty dainty and girly to me, despite the bigger/pinker comb on the first chick.

Have you checked to see if there are any bald spots where saddle feathers would grow in?
 
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Thanks! They're supposed to be pullets, and my 3 year old has grown quite attached to these two chickens in particular. Will wait a while longer and see what happens :) Glad to know the pink comb isn't a done deal.
 
With most breeds the comb is a great clue, but with EE's it's just so variable... if I had trusted that as an indicator I would have given away half my hens at 8 weeks by accident. haha
 
RoxyBird said:
I agree, both EE (the green legs are a giveaway :)  ).

Re: sex - to early to tell for sure.  They have a huge variance in personality & genetics- and with EE's the combs are SO variable... the one with the pinkish comb could just have a hybrid comb.  I have hens with both small and large pea combs that developed at different rates.  Do you have EE pullets to compare feet/shank size to?  An obvious difference *might* be a clue.  They look fairly dainty/girly at first glance though. 


I am not sure about this, but I have heard people say that the color type on your second chick (the brown one) is a typical pullet coloration.  I don't know about the white.


They both look pretty dainty and girly to me, despite the bigger/pinker comb on the first chick. 


Have you checked to see if there are any bald spots where saddle feathers would grow in? 

 
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Bald patches for saddle feathers? Oh dear, I had noticed some little featherless spots on one of my girls that I have worried was a roo, I will have to check again today!
 
Thanks for the feedback everyone :)

Update: White EE's comb keeps getting redder and he/she is getting some peachy feather coloration as well. Other EE's comb is still yellow, but he/she's comb is getting much more prominent. Time will tell!
 

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