14 week old EE

[OlivePete]

I'm playing everyone's favorite game of "I love her so much... man those are some long tail feathers... but she's an EE...Help!"
First pic is today, close up pics from a few weeks ago.

 

[Offshoreorca]

Looks like a pullet!

 

[Painted Calls]

Pullet.

 

[CayugaMama]

This is giving me so much hope! haha! My 10 week old is looking very similar to yours and I am having the same questions! Its hard to tell with these EEs!

 

[HappyDuckie]

Pullet. She has a hen-specific pattern, if I'm not mistaken.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

I'm playing everyone's favorite game of "I love her so much... man those are some long tail feathers... but she's an EE...Help!"
First pic is today, close up pics from a few weeks ago.

Hi there, welcome to BYC!

You're correct.. guess the gender/breed is one of my favorite games of all time.

I happen to LOVE Easter Eggers and that's a lovely pullet!

As told by her feminine specific feather color, and comb/wattle development AND color according to stated age, and the final key is not the length of the tail feather or even the shape of the sickle feather but rather the shape and length of the saddle feathers which are starting to show on most non hen feathered breed males by about 12 weeks of ages. Reference from google images..

ETA: My favorite ever Penelope, looked VERY similar to her and threw some of the prettiest blue babies! (her base color is blue, not sure of the term for that pattern though)

 

[CayugaMama]

Pullet. She has a hen-specific pattern, if I'm not mistaken.

What is the female color pattern? Asking for my EE...

 

[HappyDuckie]

What is the female color pattern? Asking for my EE...

The brown mottled pattern. Post a pic, make your own thread, or you can pm me whatever with a pic.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

I took this opportunity to share a photo of the most outstanding chicken I've met Penelope.. demonstrating on my daughter's shoulder how she usually rides me up and down the ladder with confidence. And Nugget thinking he might be getting more than he signed on for. Plus a couple of their gorgeous offspring.

What is the female color pattern?

I would describe it as lacking in red/orange hues and being otherwise muted and less shiny.. not always 100% accurate in THIS instance/example.

There are many breeds that display different gender color patterns when mature not sex linked or auto sexing.. for example.. salmon (gold duckwing) Faverolles, Wheaten.. anything, maybe even partridge, now that I'm thinking..

 

[OlivePete]

Thanks everyone! BTW, HER name is Snickerdoodle (Snick, Snickie)