12 week old EE Hen or Roo?

[Birkbabe]

My old thread is buried so posting a new one.
12 1/2 weeks old. Can you tell the gender?

 

[Twistedfeather]

Most likely a pullet. I see no sickle feathers and that Easter Egger looks small.

 

[Birkbabe]

Thanks! That is the direction I was leaning. I can't find any sickle feathers either. The bright colors were throwing me for awhile. Fingers crossed.

 

[AfewBricks]

I thought red splotches on the wings and shoulders were telltale signs? Any posture pics?

 

[Sunshine0235]

I thought red splotches on the wings and shoulders were telltale signs? Any posture pics?

Dark red splotches that arent usually part of the overall pattern are rooster sign.

 

[Michael OShay]

Dark red splotches that arent usually part of the overall pattern are rooster sign.

X2 on that, and looking at it in the blowup, I think I might be seeing the beginning of a rooster's emerging sickle feathers (my old eyes aren't what they used to be however). I hope for your sake I'm wrong, but I'm thinking you likely have an Easter Egger rooster.

 

[Birkbabe]

Ugh. Really hope not.
Here is the back if that helps at all.

 

[Kiaton]

Looks more like a pullet but it's hard to tell. What do he/she act like?

 

[fshinggrl]

I didn't want to be the first one to say that I still suspect it is a cockerel. . There is still hope. A couple more weeks!

 

[AfewBricks]

Fshinggrl, you're not the first one. Its a beautiful bird, and pullets, although pretty, are never beautiful.