11 Week Easter Egger - mixed signals

[eclectic-em]

hello!

i’m aware easter eggers are a surprise “mutt” but i hatched a green egg and got georgie. i’ve called him a boy from day 1 just to mentally prepare for a rooster although the idea of georgie being a george grew on me and now i hope he really is a he.

but anyway, he’s fun looking and i am not sure what breed(s) he may have been crossed with to get his coloring and pattern so any input would be so appreciated.

also all signs point to boy except his comb is barely existent. and it doesn’t even look like a normal peacomb for an 11 week old. i know the easter eggers have them in all different shapes and sizes but it’s just like totally smooth and flat, which i can’t find similar looking ones online and am relatively new to chickens still.

on my knee around 10 weeks

georgie and sophie. she is 1 day older than him and a delaware x leghorn. he’s bent so this picture doesn’t compare their sizes well enough.

TLDR: i have 3 questions about this dude
-does his pattern or coloring look like any particular type of breed he may have been crossed with?
-is he really a he?
-why is his comb so flat and smooth? and not just if he is a pullet, even if so, it seems different.

 

[Pentatonchix]

@EmmaRainboe @Eelantha @black_cat @FuzzyCritters @TheOddOneOut

 

[FuzzyCritters]

He does look like a cockerel to me. His comb is a cushion comb.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

Definitely male. He’s a real cutie.

 

[eclectic-em]

He does look like a cockerel to me. His comb is a cushion comb.

thank you!! see i just discovered all the types of combs last night googling it when i realized it wasn’t what i was expecting. any idea where it would come from?

 

[eclectic-em]

Definitely male. He’s a real cutie.

YAY! i was hoping a male since i raised him solo before growing the flock, so he’s incredibly sweet and funny!

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

I agree, he's a cockerel!

 

[Offshoreorca]

I agree with other posters. He looks to be a cockerel, though not as obvious as some are by this age!

 

[Johnny17]

I also think cockerel

 

[eclectic-em]

I agree with other posters. He looks to be a cockerel, though not as obvious as some are by this age!

this is probably because i hung photos of hens that i edited to be famous women in science and gov so that georgie had strong fem-hen-ists to look up to! probably should have done it for a rooster and some inspirational man too lol. and no.. i’m not kidding

we have the congresshen katie poultry and then it’s hard to see but rhos-island franklin, for rosalind franklin as a rhode island white hen in his brooder. should put these up in the coop too